Well Yes, But Actually No Meme Generator
Drag text anywhere on the Well Yes, But Actually No template, style every box its own way, drop in your own images, then download, copy, or share it.
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What is the Well Yes, But Actually No meme?
Well Yes, But Actually No shows the Pirate Captain, the clay-animated hero of Aardman's The Pirates! films, with his huge curly brown beard, tricorn hat and red coat, giving a cheery open-handed shrug in a cabin with blue windows. A yellow subtitle along the bottom reads "Well yes, but actually no". His goofy grin and confident gesture make it the perfect answer to a question that technically has two answers: something is true on paper but false in practice, or someone did the thing in a way that does not really count.
Origin: The still comes from Aardman Animations' The Pirates!, released in 2012 as The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists! in the UK and The Pirates! Band of Misfits in the US, with Hugh Grant voicing the Pirate Captain. The subtitled frame became a popular reaction image in 2019.
Also known as: Yes But Actually No, Pirate Captain Meme.
How to use the Well Yes, But Actually No meme
There is one box, in the white space above the image, for the question or claim. The baked-in subtitle answers it, so write something that invites a technical yes but a real no, usually phrased as a question.
It fits half-truths: "did you test it?", "did you read the book?", "are you on a diet?", "is this game free?". The best questions are ones where the honest answer would be an embarrassing paragraph, so the captain's cheerful shrug does the explaining.
Well Yes, But Actually No meme ideas
- did you test it before deploying?
- did you read the assigned chapter?
- is the game free to play?
- are you awake for the 9am meeting?
- did you save money this month?
- is the team rebuilding?
About the Well Yes, But Actually No meme template
The Well Yes, But Actually No template (yesbutno) supports 1 line of text. A classic example reads “did you test it before deploying?”. Read about its origin on knowyourmeme.com.
Use it from the API
This meme is also just a URL. Replace the text in the path to generate your own image:
https://memegenscript.com/images/yesbutno/did_you_test_it_before_deploying~q.png
