Dapper Man Pumping Gas While Smoking Cigarette / X Could Be Here, I Hate X

Dapper Man Pumping Gas While Smoking Cigarette , also known as X Could Be Here, I Hate X , is an exploitable image macro and phrasal template meme in which a man wearing sunglasses and a suit can be seen pumping gas into his car at a Family Express while smoking a cigarette. The image first circulated in 2018 as part of a Facebook post in which someone complained about the man's recklessness. The photo was subsequently posted to 4chan's /lit/ forum where an anonymous user wrote a short story in which the man is made to be racist toward Black people. The snowclone "X could be here, I hate X" is also labeled as a racist dog whistle against Black people by some online.