Hot Dog Legs
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About
Hot Dog Legs is a single topic Tumblr dedicated to sharing selfies of bare legs taken in first-person perspective and photographs of two sausages ostensibly presented as selfies.
Origin
On January 9th, 2013, Tumblr user andrewpauldavis[18] submitted a screenshot of an Instagram post in which he commented "Oh I love hot dogs" on a photograph of a pair of legs in a bathtub (shown below). Within six years, the post gained over 55,500 notes.
Spread
The Hot-Dog Legs Tumblr[1] was created by French-Canadian food blogger Alexis Brault on July 12th, 2013, followed by the launch of a Facebook fan page[5] and subreddit[6] on July 28th.
On August 13th, 2013, Brault shared the photos and linked to the Tumblr site on his personal blog Bob Le Chef.[3] On August 18th, an Imgur photo album of pictures taken from Tumblr was posted to the /r/pics subreddit,[7] where it received more than 5,600 upvotes and 240 comments within 72 hours. In the following days, Hot Dog Legs was featured on Buzzfeed,[8] Kotaku[9], The Daily Dot[10], Business Insider,[11] Mashable,[4] LA Times[13], MSN News[14], Yahoo! News[15] and the Huffington Post.[16] The Atlantic[12] also reported on the single topic blog in the light of body dysmorphia issues, describing the site as “a disturbing example of Tumblr’s body image issues.” The following day, Hot Dog Legs was also featured on the LA Times[13], MSN News[14], Yahoo! News[15] and the Huffington Post.[16] In December 2013, Hot Dogs Legs was ranked in the third place on Yahoo's list of top 10 most viral blogs[17] on Tumblr in 2013.
Notable Examples
Search Interest
External References
[1] Tumblr – Hot Dog Legs
[2] International Business Times – Hot Dogs Legs: The Latest Viral Tumblr Poses A Simple Question, Legs Or Hot Dogs? [PHOTOS]
[3] Bob Le Chef – Est-ce Des Jambs Ou Des Saucisses Hot-Dog
[4] Mashable – 'Hot Dogs or Legs?' Tumblr Points Out Tasty Resemblance
[5] Facebook – Hot-Dog Legs
[6] Reddit – /r/HotDogLegs
[7] Reddit – /r/pics: Hot Dogs or Legs?
[8] Buzzfeed – Hot Dog Legs Is The Best Tumblr Of The Summer
[9] Kotaku – Nice Legs! Or Are These Actually Hot Dogs?
[10] The Daily Dot – Hot Dog Legs is the Tumblr of the summer
[11] Business Insider – Hot Dogs or Legs? This Tumblr Will Make You Question Every Beach Photo In Your Instagram Feed
[12] The Atlantic – Hot Dog Legs Is a Disturbing Example of Tumblr's Body Image Issues
[13] LA Times – Hot dog legs go viral in new Tumblr blog: A farewell to summer
[14] MSN News – Hot dogs or legs? The internet’s new favourite game
[15] Yahoo! News – 'Hot Dog Legs' leads summer's hottest Tumblr blogs
[16] Huffington Post – 'Hot-Dog Legs' Tumblr Will Make You Never Trust A Beach Selfie Again (PHOTOS)
[17] Tumblr – Yahoo's 2013 Year in Review
[18] Tumblr – andrewpauldavis
Top Comments
Mnemonic
Aug 21, 2013 at 09:34PM EDT
Alex Mercer Moderator
Aug 21, 2013 at 06:49PM EDT