About

Cool Bug Fact's is a series of image macros featuring a crudely illustrated computer-generated image of a caterpillar next to a nonsensical and/or aggressive statement.

Origin

The earliest known "Cool Bug Fact's" image was posted by Instagram ^[1] user @thicc.yoshi on December 19th, 2018. The image is captioned, "Why do I always wish I were somewhere else why can't I just be happy where I am. Look, if you're upset that this doesn't have more to do with bugs, please don't make things harder for me I'm already so tired." The post received more than 350 likes in less than two months (shown below).

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The following month, on January 8th, 2019, Redditor ^[2] Azoodles posted a variation of the meme in the /r/pyrocynical subreddit, changing the caption to "You dumb fucking cretin, you fucking fool, absolute fucking buffoon, you bumbling idiot. Fuck you." The post received more than 350 points (99% upvoted) in one month (shown below, left). That day, the meme was posted in /r/okbuddyretard subreddit,^[3] garnering more than 3,100 points (99% upvoted) and 40 comments. Two days later, @meme.garfield posted the meme on Instagram,^[4] receiving more than 4,900 likes in about one month.

On January 22nd, Redditor^[5] KingHeinrich launched the /r/CoolBugFacts subreddit. On January 30th, Redditor^[6] not_theilluminati posted a variation about the Israei-Palestinian conflict. The post received more than 200 points (99% upvoted) in 24 hours (shown below, center).

That day, Redditor^[7] Paschal1 posted a variation featuring a lobster. They captioned the post, "More than 40% of families with a police officer experience domestic violence." The post received more than 380 points (97% upvoted) and 20 comments (shown below, right).

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