Edit #264,413 - Hide The Pain Harold

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h2. About
 
 
<b>Hide The Pain Harold</b>, and sometimes just <b>"Harold"</b>, is the name given to an old man from stock photos, whose face appears to indicate a certain amount of pain and/or uncomfortableness. 
 
<b>Hide The Pain Harold</b>, and sometimes referred to as <b>"Harold"</b>, is the nickname given to an old man from stock photos, whose face appears to indicate a certain amount of pain and/or uncomfortableness. 
 
 
h2. Origin
 
 
The earliest known archived thread, where Harold first got attention, can be found on Facepunch, dating back to 2011. On September 13th, a user Greenen72, posted stock photos with the old man[1], originally from the site DreamsTime due to pictures having the site's watermark on them.
 
The earliest known archived thread, where Harold first got attention, can be found on Facepunch, dating back to 2011. On September 13th, Facepunch forum user Greenen72, posted stock photos with the old man[1], originally from the site DreamsTime due to pictures having the site's watermark on them.
 
 
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h2. Spread
 
 
On October 23rd, 2011, a Facebook page for Hide the Pain Harold[3] was created. On May 7th, 2014, a Reddit user Ry0master uploaded a thread from 4chan's /b/ board[4], where an anon was posting a sad story about Harold. On September 7th, 2014 an Imgur user SomeShitbag posted a series of pictures with comments underneath them, depicting Harold's story[2]. In less than the month, the post gained over 15,700 upvotes. On September 10th, a Youtuber ChinnyxD uploaded the story, narrated through text-to-speech. 
 
 
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<br>On October 31st, 2013, a sub-reddit for Harold, /r/youdontsurf[6], was created. On sites like MemeCenter[5], stock photos featuring Harold have been edited to image macros, mostly used for sex or similar kinds of jokes.</br>
 
 
h2. Examples
 
h2. Notable Examples
 
 
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h2. External References
 
 
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fn1. Facepunch - "original post":http://facepunch.com/showthread.php?t=1124864
 
 
fn2. Imgur - "Hide-the-pain-Harold":http://imgur.com/gallery/KjtbV
 
 
fn3. Facebook - "Hide the Pain Harold":https://www.facebook.com/pages/Hide-the-Pain-Harold/259512860761226?sk=timeline
 
 
fn4. Reddit - "Anon tells the story of Hide-the-Pain-Harold":http://www.reddit.com/r/4chan/comments/24ww6n/anon_tells_the_story_of_hidethepainharold/
 
 
fn5. MemeCenter - "Hide the pain Harold search results":http://www.memecenter.com/search?query=hide+the+pain+harold
 
 
fn6. Reddit - "/r/youdontsurf":http://www.reddit.com/r/youdontsurf
 
 
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