PTSD Clarinet Boy

PTSD Clarinet Boy

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Added Apr 08, 2010 at 10:26PM EDT by Wilba.

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About

PTSD Clarinet Boy is an advice animal image macro series based on a double exposure portrait of a redheaded boy dressed in a school band uniform holding a clarinet. A full-body image of the uniformed boy gazing out is superimposed on to the back of his head. The captions typically emulate the first-person accounts of a war veteran suffering from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, interpreting the dual images of the boy as him mulling over the past. The captions have since evolved to become similar to those found in the Karate Kyle and Vengeance Dad series, often relating to being deemed a loser in high school.

Origin

The original image was posted in the single topic blog Awkward Family Photos[1] on July 17th, 2009. Titled "A Beautiful Mind," the caption asked readers to think about what was going on in the young boy's head. By December 2009, the image was picked up by the image macro creating site Meme Generator, where it initially was called "Veteran PTSD Clarinet Boy," adopting the voice of Vietnam war veterans remembering the past. However, it is unclear what the first instance of this was.


LEFT FOR VIETNAM AS A BOY CAME BACK AS A MONSTER nemegeneratorn

Spread

One of the earliest mentions of the series outside of Meme Generator was posted to the Pro Touring automobile enthusiast forums[10] on December 31st, 2009 in a thread comparing Firebirds and Camaros. On January 8th, 2010, a thread dedicated to the series was posted on the Ultimate Guitar forums.[11] By the end of January, the name of the series had been shortened to PTSD Clarinet Boy and was posted to Tumblr[12] for the first time. One of the earliest archived 4chan threads using the series was posted to /a/ (Anime and Manga) on February 7th, 2010.


THEY CAME SEEKING ENLIGHTENMENT Anonymous Sun Feb 07 2010 17:56:58 No.30710561 View Reply Original Report Quoted By: >>30710658 >>30711760 >>30711982 >>30712064 >>30712187 Looking for a funny anime to watch. Slice of life type. Clockwork Loyalty !14b3DtYSordZ Sun Feb 07 2010 17:57:58 No.30710590 Quoted By: *30710618 Report Why the f--- do i find this image hilarious? ICAME FOR BLOOD 151 kB, 440x604, 1263793772878.jpg Anonymous Sun Feb 07 2010 17:58:58 No.30710618 Quoted By: >>30710813 Report >>30710590 View Same Google idb SauceNAO It never gets old, for some reason. OP, you've watched SZS right?

On February 12th, a thread about PTSD Clarinet Boy was started on the Bodybuilding.com forums[14], generating 12 pages of responses. Four days later, a Facebook fan page[15] for the series was created, gaining just under 1,500 likes as of July 2013. That April, a collection of PTSD Clarinet Boy images were combined in a FunnyJunk[5] post that has since been viewed nearly 25,000 times. The series saw a renewed interest in February 2011 with a compilation posted on Buzzfeed.[16] The next month, a single topic Tumblr titled PTSD Clarinet Kid[17] was created, but was abandoned after 48 posts.

Notable Examples

As of July 2013, there have been more than 25,000 PTSD Clarinet Boy images submitted to Meme Generator[2] and an additional 3,500 have been created with Quickmeme.[6] Additional instances can be found on Tumblr[7], Memebase[8] and Reddit.[9]


MY FAVORITE MEAL? CHOCOLATE AND THE BLOOD OF MY ENEMIES erator」et | HAVE SEEN THINGS NO MAN SHOULD EVER SEE REVENGE IT WILL BE SWIFTo IT WILL BE SILENT IT WILL BE BLOODY YOU WEREN'T THERE MAN YOU WEREN'T THERE DURING VIETNAM I HAD TO CHOOSE BETWEEN LIFE OR DEATH I CHOSE THE CLARINET MY LIFE

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External References

[1] Awkward Family Photos – A Beautiful Mind

[2] Meme Generator – PTSD Clarinet Boy

[3] Memebase – PTSD Clarinet Boy 12/23/2010

[4] eBaumsWorld – PTSD Clarinet Boy / 12/08/2010

[5] FunnyJunk – PTSD Clarinet Boy / 4/18/2010

[6] Quickmeme – PTSD Clarinet Boy

[7] Tumblr – Posts tagged "ptsd clarinet boy"

[8] Memebase – Posts Tagged "ptsd clarinet kid"

[9] Reddit – Search Results for "ptsd clarinet"

[10] Pro-Touring – 67-69 Firebird/Camaro

[11] Ultimate-Guitar – Vetran PTSD Clarinet Boy

[12] Tumblr (via Wayback Machine) – trustysidekickgeekgirl: PTSD Clarinet Boy is my new favorite meme

[13] Foolz Archive – Looking for a funny anime to watch.

[14] Bodybuilding.com – rofl at this meme

[15] Facebook – PTSD Clarinet Boy

[16] Buzzfeed – PTSD Clarinet Kid; A Shared Experience

[17] Tumblr (via Wayback Machine) – PTSD Clarinet Kid

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