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Daniel Larson Standing In A Corner refers to a viral photo of lolcow and internet personality Daniel Larson looking sad in the corner of a room wearing a blue shirt and black pants, which became a prominent reaction image on X / Twitter in early January 2024. Larson's picture resurfaced as an exploitable meme in January 2025 on TikTok, often accompanied by POV jokes about feeling embarrassed or ashamed for doing something wrong.

Origin

The earliest known usage of Daniel Larson's picture standing in the corner of a room wearing a blue shirt and dark pants was posted on X^[1] by user @tatbaee on January 11th, 2024. In the post, the user captioned Larson's image as a POV meme, writing, "me after BEGGING my friends to take my pictures." The post (seen below) amassed over 17 million views and 294,000 likes in a year.

Spread

In late December 2024, Daniel Larson's image standing in a corner regained popularity as an exploitable meme on TikTok as users began pairing the image with Gnash's "I Hate U, I Love U" song and humorous texts describing scenarios about being overly dramatic or embarrassed in relatable situations.

For instance, on December 29th, 2024, TikTok^[2] user @ariii.enese added a text over Larson's image that depicted exaggerated feelings of shame after showing a TikTok video and someone replied, "I already saw that." The video (seen below) amassed roughly 60,000 plays and 3,400 likes in a week.

On December 31st, 2024, TikTok^[3] user @jessie.eiland posted a version of the Larson in A Corner meme, adding the text, "How I look at my bsf when I gas her up in her comments but she never replies, making me seem like some fan." The post (seen below) gained over 6 million plays and 1.8 million likes in a week.

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