![Angry Man Pointing at Hand Angry Man Pointing at Hand](https://i.kym-cdn.com/entries/icons/mobile/000/029/447/man.jpg)
Angry Man Pointing at Hand
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About
Angry Man Pointing at Hand is a classical art image macro of a man pointing at his hand. The image has been used to express facetious anger.
Origin
The image is a cropped portion of the painting "The Village Politicians" by John L. Krimmel, which dates back to 1819 (shown below).[3]
![The Village Politicans](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/486/200/8fe.jpg)
The earliest known usage of the meme was posted by Redditor [1] Ducks_r_awsum on January 3rd, 2016 (shown below). The post received more than 450 points (97% upvoted).
![when you see somebody who owes you money When you see somebody who owes you money](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/486/187/24a.jpg)
Spread
Three years later, on April 17th, 2019, the Classical Art Memes Facebook [2] posted a version of the image as the response to the caption with the caption "Someone: *opens a bag of chips*." The post received more than 54,000 reactions, 27,000 comments and 21,000 shares in one week (shown below, left). The following day, Redditor[4] Flums666 posted the image on the /r/memes subreddit, changing "chips" to "gum." The post received more than 9,000 points (98% upvoted) and 50 comments in one week (shown below, center).
Two days later, Redditor[5] 214360 posted a version of the meme that references the American television situational comedy The Office. The post received more than 29,000 points (93% upvoted) and 150 comments in five days (shown below, right).
![opens bag of chips Someone: *opens bag of chips* Me: RT MEMES LASSIC facebook.com/classicalartmemes](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/486/199/c05.jpg)
![opens pack of chewing gum Someone: *opens pack of chewing gum* Me: u/Flums666](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/486/201/d62.jpg)
![computer: microsoft noise Computer:*microsoft noise* Dwight: CLASSICALART MEMES](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/486/202/8b4.jpg)
Various Examples
![when mom asks where the bee stung you When mom asks where the bee stung you. U/casp401a](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/486/208/110.png)
![when you ask your boss for your paycheck When you ask your boss for your paycheck U/caspio1a](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/486/209/49c.jpg)
![when you ask your boss for your paycheck When you ask your boss for your paycheck U/caspio1a](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/486/209/49c.jpg)
![the government when you win the lottery The government when you win the lottery](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/486/206/037.jpg)
![12 yo me trying to find my pulse in biology class 12yo me trying to find my pulse in biology class:](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/486/205/974.jpg)
![michiganders when someone asks where they live Michiganders when someone asks where they live](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/486/204/915.jpg)
Search Interest
External References
[1] Reddit – Time is money, so you gotta get at least one of them back
[2] Facebook – Classical Art Memes' Post
[3] Crystal Bridges – The Village Politicians
[4] Reddit – Give me the gum
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