PTSD Clarinet Boy
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About
PTSD Clarinet Boy is an advice animal image macro series based on a photo of a redheaded boy in music band uniform holding a clarinet. Superimposed onto the back of his head, the image of the uniformed boy gazing afar gives an impression that the boy is thinking about the past, hence the captions typically emulate the first-person accounts of a war veteran suffering from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder.
Origin
The original image was posted in the popular single topic blog “Awkward Family Photos”[1] in July 17th, 2009. The image was soon picked up by the popular image-macro creating site Meme Generator, where it adopted the voice of Vietnam war veterans’ remembering the past. However, the meme has since diverged from this original theme.
Spread
On Meme Generator[2], the meme is currently ranked at Top Tier as of January 2010, and remains one of the most used macros. PTSD Clarinet Kid has been frequently featured on popular sites like MemeBase[3], EBaumsWorld[4], and FunnyJunk.[5]
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External References
[1]Awkward Family Photos – A Beautiful Mind
[2]Meme Generator – PTSD Clarinet Boy
[3]Memebase – PTSD Clarinet Boy
[4]eBaumsWorld – PTSD Clarinet Boy
[5]FunnyJunk – PTSD Clarinet Boy
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Top Comments
Ruby
Feb 13, 2011 at 10:02PM EST+13
He looks like the kid from “gingers have a soul”, doesn’t he?
Chuck Testa
Jun 21, 2011 at 11:21PM EDT+12
Awkward Family Photos also does greeting cards. I saw this kid on a greeting card at target earlier today.
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