Butter the Bearded Dragon
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About
Butter the Bearded Dragon was a pet bearded dragon who inspired the creation of numerous tribute memes after its owner announced it would be put to sleep due to a tumor in late August 2019.
Origin
On August 27th, 2019, Redditor GreeseMunkeeGamer submitted a post to /r/MemeEconomy[1] titled "Butter the bearded dragon is being put to sleep tomorrow because of a tumor, but maybe she can live on as a meme?" along with two pictures of the pet reptile (shown below). Within 24 hours, the post gained over 740 points (99% upvoted) and 60 comments. The same day, GreeseMunkeeGamer submitted a similar post to /r/meme,[2] where it garnered more than 20,150 points (95% upvoted) and 450 comments over the next day.
Spread
That day, Redditor pneumonoultramicrosi submitted a screenshot of the /r/meme post to /r/memes,[6] where it accumulated upwards of 14,900 points (96% upvoted) and 240 comments within 24 hours (shown below).
Shortly after, Redditor NASA66 posted a Death and the Dog comic edit featuring Butter to /r/memes[5] (shown below, left). Meanwhile, Redditor weirdbokoblin submitted a Meme Heaven photoshop featuring a picture of Butter to /r/memes, where it gathered over 41,500 points and 1,000 comments within 22 hours (shown below, right).
That evening, /r/memes[3] moderator mrflaco75 stickied a post announcing that a picture of Butter had been selected as a new thumbnail for the subreddit. Within 19 hours, the post garnered more than 79,300 points (90% upvoted) and 880 comments.
Also on August 28th, the internet humor site Memebase[4] published an article highlighting memes honoring Butter's memory.
Search Interest
External References
[1] Reddit – /r/MemeEconomy
[4] Memebase – Memers Flood Reddit With Sweet Memorial Memes For Butter The Bearded Dragon
[5] Reddit – Rip butter
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HJSDGCE
Aug 29, 2019 at 12:48PM EDT
NFTs are bad for the enviroment
Aug 28, 2019 at 05:15PM EDT