Hi Leonard, nice to meet you." The post received more than 2,600 points (99% upvoted) and 60 comments in less than two weeks (shown below, left). On January 6th, Redditor P-Emoji shared the image with the caption "Hi my name is Leonard.
The following day, Redditor SwedzCubed shared an image of the lizard with the caption "Hi my name is leonard." The post received more than 270 points (98% upvoted) in less than four months (shown below). The post received more than 8,600 points (99% upvoted) and 295 comments in less than one month. Months later on January 4th, Redditor Good-boi-gang shared the image in the /r/okbuddyretard subreddit. The post received more than 1,000 points (99% upvoted) and 60 comments in less than one year (shown below). On October 18th, 2019, Redditor ElectricSheep7 posted "I just got this legendary picture of Walter, my Peter’s Banded Skink," and they included a photograph of a lizard staring directly at the camera. The video received over 34,300 views and 5,100 likes in three weeks.įollowing the post, shortly after the post, on December 31st, others shared images of the fish with various captions asking "Do You Fart?" The meme grew in popularity online, particularly on Instagram, iFunny (examples below). On December 15th, 2019, marine biologist Jacinta Shackleton posted a video of a lagoon triggerfish, also known as Picasso triggerfish, repeatedly attacking the camera to her Instagram account (shown below). The format gained significant spread on Instagram, iFunny and certain subreddits in early 2020. Staring Fish, also known by the original caption Do You Fart, refers to an image of a lagoon triggerfish looking directly at the camera, usually paired with ironic, surreal or offensive captions. Starting in early 2018, the photographs have been used in memes on Instagram, iFunny and Reddit, often paired together with Walter, Staring Hamster and other Staring Animals. Staring Cat, also known as Gusic and Swag Cat, refers to a ginger cat known for his photographs in which it stares directly at the camera. The post received more than 124,000 reactions and 13,000 shares in one week.
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The earliest known use of the hamster reaction was used on January 13th, 2019 by TikTok user In the video, the user lipsyncs a scene from the web series The Real Bros of Simi Valley. Staring Hamster is a reaction image macro of a hamster looking directly at the camera. On November 30th, Redditor flabbagitch posted a variation that received more 12,000 points (shown below, right). On November 28th, 2018 Redditor donkeyfromshrek5 posted a version that received more than 3,800 points (99% upvoted) in less than two years (shown below, left). The tweet, captioned "when u open the front-facing camera on accident," gained over 26,000 likes and 6,400 retweets in less than two years (shown below).Īfter the tweet was posted, it began spreading on primarily Reddit's /r/okbuddyretard. The original image of Nelson was posted to the dog's Twitter page, on September 30th, 2018.
The earliest known example of staring animals is Nelson the Bull Terrier, also known as Walter. These characters such as Nelson the Bull Terrier (Walter), Staring Hamster, Staring Cat, Staring Fish and Leonard the Lizard, Yotube, Staring Kanye, Linus Sebastian and others have grown in popularity on various platforms, particularly /r/okbuddyretard subreddit, iFunny and Instagram from 2018 through 2020. The perceived effect of these images is that the subjects are staring directly at the person viewing the meme as if they are purposely breaking the fourth wall. Staring Animals, also known as The Council, refers to a series of reaction image macros of animals and people facing the camera taking a photograph of them. Animals, nelson the bull terrier, walter, leonard the lizard, staring fish, do you fart, fish, dog, cat, the council, staring cat, staring memes, donkeyfromshrek5, flabbagitch, jacinta shackleton, pol pot, bruh redditor, staring kanye About