About

4:19 4:20 refers to a series of four-pane exploitable images. The top layer of the image features a clock set to 4:19 and an image of neutral object. Below, this image set is another featuring the clock reading 4:20 and the same image but with a humorous expression, indicating that they are now changed. While the image originally meant that the change indicated the meme's was under the influence of drugs, later variations subvert that expectation.

Origin

The earliest known version of the meme was posted in August 2013 by Tumblr user mynameismcavoy. The now-deleted post^[1] featured a Facebook showing clock reading "4:19" next to a picture of an adolescent boy. The bottom image shows the time at "4:20" and the boy looking happy and holding up finger guns.

Spread

Later that year, on November 28th, 2013, Redditor ^[2] Kezas posted the image on the /r/me_literally-every-day subreddit. The post received more than 290 points (78% upvoted) and 20 comments in four-and-a-half years.

On January 10th, 2015, Redditor^[3] All_is_an_innuendo posted a version of the meme with the character Carl Wheezer from the animated television series The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius in the /r/me_irl subreddit. The post (shown below, left) received more than 420 points (96% upvoted) in three years. Seven months later, Redditor^[4] kleymex posted the image on the /r/me_irl subreddit and received more than 3,200 points (91% upvoted) and 55 comments in three hours.

The following year, on February 10th, 2016, ShitpostBot 5000 ^[5] published a template for the meme.

On April 7th, 2017, Twitter ^[7] user @elparaguayo123 tweeted an image with Lisa Simpson on top and the Estonian Dwarf on the bottom. The post (shown below, center) received more than 885 retweets and 2,400 likes in one year.

On November 30th, Redditor^[6] formlex7 posted a variation on the /r/dankmemes featuring Vox writer Matthew Yglesias on top and Ethan Klein h3h3 productions on the bottom. The post (shown below, right) received more than 1,200 points (95% upvoted).

Various Examples

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