Submission 5,541

When the teacher walks by & you have to act like you're really thinking about the test answers but you're just regretting your life choices

When you discover Professor X's telekinetic powers are the new market inefficiency

Who will win the World Series this year? #mlb

When you're trying to find all the mutants but Cerebro isn't working

Alex Rodriguez @AROD Who will win the World Series this year? #mlb RETWEETS LIKES 1,0882,880 11:10 PM-28 Mar 2017

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Alex Rodriguez Thinking is a reaction image, referring to a tweet from the former New York Yankee, in which he posted a picture of himself deep in thought under the caption "Who will win the World Series this year? #mlb."^[1] On Twitter, the image has been widely used to express intense or even painful thinking.

Origin

On March 28th, 2017, Alex Rodriguez tweeted a photo of himself thinking with the caption "Who will win the World Series this year? #mlb." Within 48 hours, the tweet gained over 2,900 likes and 1,100 retweets.^[1]

Spread

Shortly after he tweeted the image, users began responding to his photo with other images of people deep in thought (shown below).

Brody Logan @BrodyLogan Replying to @AROD Alex Rodriguez @AROD Who will win the World Series this year? #mlb

Will Tomer @WillTomer Replying to @AROD much to think about. RETWEETS LIKES

Additionally, others captioned the original picture with jokes about Rodriguez or their own common thoughts and difficulties (shown below). In the coming days, several news sites published articles about the reaction image, including Sports Illustrated,^[2] Mashable^[3] and USA Today.^[4]

Charlotte Wilder TheWilderThings TFW you can't remember if i comes before or after e and whether c has anything to do with it

Jon Tayler @JATayler A-Rod looks like he just sent a desperately thirsty text to someone he's been after for a while and is waiting for a response

Kenny Ducey @KennyDucey when the Uber driver tries to spark up a conversation after your long night

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External References

^[1] Twitter – Who Will Win the World Series This Year?

^[2] Sports Illustrated – Alex Rodriguez pondering the World Series champion

^[3] Mashable – Alex Rodriguezs thinking face is the meme Twitter needed today

^[4] USA Today – 15 hilarious responses to photo of Alex Rodriguez

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