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Closing the Curtains meme.

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Updated Jul 11, 2025 at 12:07PM EDT by Zach.

Added Feb 17, 2015 at 05:24AM EST by Jill.

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About

Closing the Curtains is a multi-panel exploitable comic series featuring an overweight man who closes his curtains to prevent being distracted from his computer. The character is often depicted as an anti-social example of the neckbeard stereotype.

Origin

On November 27th, 2005, Something Awful user CrumFUNist submitted a thread titled "Lego_Robot sucks ass,"[2] which criticized forum user Lego_Robot (webcomic artist Bob Averill) for creating poor MSPaint comics and trolling the forums. Over the next two years, the thread gained over 1,500 responses. In May 2007, Averill posted a comic titled "This one's not funny" on the website Lego Robot Comics (now named PlasticBrickAutomaton),[1] which depicts an overweight Something Awful user mocking Lego_Robot in a discussion thread before closing his window when distracted by two women playing volleyball outside (shown below).[11]


<a href="http://www.plasticbrickautomaton.com/?id=34">plasticBrickAutomaton</a>

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In September 2007, Averill was banned from the Something Awful Forums.[8] On November 15th, a cropped version of the original comic featuring the final three panels was uploaded to the "kuvia" folder on the domain MBnet[3] (shown below, left). On December 31st, 2010, Redditor byxekaka submitted a post titled "This is how I will celebrate New Years" featuring an edited version of the comic with fireworks exploding outside of the window (shown below, right). Prior to being archived, the post garnered upwards of 2,100 votes (91% upvoted) and 480 comments on the /r/pics[12] subreddit.


"Imgur":http://imgur.com/ge5uC

In May, Redditor notthatjesus submitted a photoshopped comic titled "I was three hours into surfing Reddit and I noticed there was a solar eclipse going on" to /r/funny,[13] receiving more than 1,400 votes (91% upvoted) before it was archived (shown below, left). On December 19th, 2012, Redditor FazeKross posted a comic with a mushroom cloud exploding outside of the window titled "What I'll be doing December 21st," in reference to a Mayan calendar doomsday prediction (shown below, right). Prior to being archived, the post gained upwards of 2,700 votes (94% upvoted) and 200 comments on /r/funny.[15] In December 2014, Redditor TwistedFisters reposted the fireworks comic with the title "How I imagine most of Reddit will celebrate new year's eve" to /r/funny,[14] where it garnered over 3,900 votes (89% upvoted) and 560 comments in two months.


"source":http://www.reddit.com/r/funny/comments/155abd/what_ill_be_doing_december_21st/

Chudjak Closing The Curtains

A version of the meme featuring a Chudjak began making the rounds after the year 2023, especially in the context of Nothing Ever Happens memes.

The earliest known post featuring the Chudjak Closing Curtains is a March 26th, 2024, post by the Facebook[16] page Daily Reminder, showing a version of the meme where a Chudjak closes the curtains on an exploding mushroom cloud and goes to sit on his computer in a dark room. The post gathered over 300 reactions in a year.


Facebook page Daily Reminder posted a meme showing a Chudjak closing his curtains and sitting on his computer as a mushroom cloud explodes outside.

An anonymous user on 4chan's /pol/[18] board used the meme on April 4th, 2024. The meme showing the chudjak closing his curtains continued to gain traction in 2024, with X[17] user @vergilswarrior posting the meme in response to a tweet that read, "BREAKING: Iran has launched an attack against Israel using dozens of drones."


The meme showing the chudjak closing his curtains continued to gain traction in 2024, with X user @vergilswarrior posting the meme in response to a tweet that read, "BREAKING: Iran has launched an attack against Israel using dozens of drones."

On July 10th, 2025, X[19] user @WhiteHouse tweeted a meme featuring an AI-generated version of the Chudjak Closing the Curtains meme, gathering over 5 million views and 24,000 likes in a day. This version of the meme shows the Chudjak closing his curtains on a stock market graph glowing green and shooting upward, with a caption that read, "PANICANS hardest hit." The post was made in response to the news that NVIDIA and other tech stocks were at the highest recorded price in July 2025,[22] months after the stock market dip of January 2025.


X user @WhiteHouse tweeted a meme featuring an AI-generated version of the "Chudjak Closing the Curtains":https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/closing-the-curtains meme, gathering over 5 million views and 24,000 likes in a day.

Several internet users reacted to the post, with X[20] user @ettingermentum writing, "Did they forget that the pic here is of the El Paso shooter lol," and X[21] user @CiaKids writing, "uncanny valley legally distinct chudjak jumpscare" on July 10th, 2025.

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Image via <a href="http://zombiebisque.tumblr.com/post/38393816503/my-reaction-to-doomsday">Tumblr</a> "Imgur":http://imgur.com/i7U8kGB
"Imgur":http://imgur.com/SFKLF7p

Search Interest

External References

[1] plasticBrickautomation – This one's not funny

[2] Something Awful – Lego_Robot sucks ass.

[3] Index of /tdog/kuvia – See fatass.gif

[4] Pakkotoisto.com – Ketju: Repesin eli Hauskoja kuvia netistä!

[5] Lachschon.de – Atomwitz, alle Strahlen

[6] forocoches.com – Raco Català, ¿por qué le tenéis tanta manía?

[7] Encyclopedia Dramatica – Lego Robot Comics

[8] Something Awful – Lego Robot

[10] Wayback Machine – This ones not funny

[11] Mike-Miles – Lego Robot original upload

[12] Reddit – This is how I will celebrate New Years

[13] Reddit – I was there hours into surfing

[14] Reddit – How I imagine most of Reddit will celebrate new years eve

[15] Reddit – What I'll be doing December 21st

[16] Facebook – Daily Reminder

[17] Twitter / X – vergilswarrior

[18] 4chan – /pol/

[19] Twitter / X – WhiteHouse

[20] Twitter / X – ettingermentum

[21] Twitter / X – CiaKids

[22] CNBC – NVIDEO Highest


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