When this comic was posted to Twitter, it caused excitement as people began to wonder if it was the first meme - a format-dependent joke, typically of a picture with a caption or subtitle - ever published.
這個漫畫被發布到推特後引起了興奮，人們開始揣測它是否是史上第一個公開發表的模因(「梗」) - 一個與格式有關的笑話，典型的帶有字幕或副標題的圖片。
But we』ve found a version of the joke using the same format printed at least a year earlier in either 1919 or 1920.
但是我們發現了另一個笑話版本，它使用一樣的格式，但至少比這個早一年發表，發表時間為1919年或1920年。
Both draw from the same template of the 』Expectations vs. Reality』 joke, which contrasts two pictures side-by-side with an obvious discrepancy between them.
兩者都採用了「期望與現實」笑話的相同模板，這兩個笑話並排對比，兩張圖片之間存在明顯的差異。
It was subsequently reposted with new captions such as "you/the guy she tells you not to worry about", referencing yet another contemporary template meme.
隨後的轉發中使用了新的文字說明，如「這是你/這是她叫你不要擔心的人」，這又套用了另一個當代模板模因。
Some users created their own takes on the format using other memes such as 』If You Don’t Love Me / Can’t Handle Me』.
一些用戶使用其他梗如「如果你不愛我/拿我沒辦」來創建他們自己的格式。
The comic was found in a 1921 edition of satirical magazine The Judge, published by the University of Iowa.
該漫畫被發現於1921年的愛荷華大學出版的諷刺雜誌The Judge中。
Within The Judge, the comic is then credited to a different magazine - the Wisconsin Octopus, published at the University of Wisconsin between 1919 and 1959.
在The Judge中，該漫畫鳴謝了另一本雜誌 - 1919年至1959年在威斯康星大學出版的Wisconsin Octopus(威斯康星州章魚)。
By looking through the University of Wisconsin-Madison Libraries, we were able to view a few early editions of the Wisconsin Octopus magazine, and found this is not the first time the 』Expectations vs. Reality』-format joke appeared in print.
通過瀏覽威斯康星大學麥迪遜圖書館，我們可以查看Wisconsin Octopus雜誌的一些早期版本，並發現這不是第一次出現「期望與現實」格式的笑話。
According to the definition, a single image cannot be a meme. It has to be copied and spread with variations to the original image.
根據定義，單個圖像不能成為模因。它必須被複製並以原始圖像的變體而傳播。
So on its own, the 1921 comic is not a meme. But coupled with the comic from either 1919 or 1920, it begins to fit the definition, as the two comics are variations on the same style - using two panels and captions to set-up an expectation and contrast it with reality.
所以就其本身而言，1921年的漫畫並不是模因。但加上從1919年或1920年的漫畫，它開始符合其定義，因為這兩個漫畫是同一風格的變體 - 使用兩個面板和圖片說明來設置期望與現實對比。
While we can’t say with certainty that this is the first meme by that definition, we can say that because it was copied and spread with variations this cartoon was genuinely part of a pre-internet 』Expectations vs. Reality』 meme.
雖然我們不能肯定地說這是第一個符合定義的模因，但我們可以這樣說，因為它被複製並且以變體形式而傳播，這個漫畫真的是前網際網路時期的「期望與現實」模因的一部分。