About

Daring Today, Aren't We is an exploitable image macro series depicting animated character Squidward taking the order of a customer inside the Krusty Krab from the Nickelodeon TV show SpongeBob Squarepants. The format is typically used to mock cliches or unoriginal opinions and takes on various subjects by expressing an unsurprised reaction from Squidward upon hearing the “order.”

Origin

The original clip that the meme is pulled from is seen during season one, episode 6B titled “Pickles,” released on August 21st, 1999, specifically the clip where Squidward takes the order of a random customer. During the scene (featured below), Squidward is seen working the cash register when a blue fish enters the Krusty Krab and begins giving his order. As the order unfolds, Squidward sarcastically mocks him for choosing a mundane selection, which he concludes with, “Daring today, aren’t we?” as he scribbles it down on a notepad.

Although the exact first use of the scene as a meme format is unknown, it appears online as early as 2018. One such example was uploaded to Imgur^[1] on July 26th, 2018, by user Bowen1985. The meme (seen below) uses the template to mock reposters.

Spread

The format continued to spread in the following years, appearing primarily on Reddit in a number of subreddits and topics. On September 28th, 2019, Redditor^[2] Levitated_Shield posted another example to the /r/BikiniBottomTwitter sub, combining it with Ight Imma Head Out, receiving over 1,300 upvotes (shown below, left). On November 5th, 2019, Redditor^[3] trasartigiovanni posted a variant referencing JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure, receiving over 12,500 upvotes (shown below, right).

On October 22nd, 2019, Redditor^[4] AndrewAllStar888 posted another version to the /r/BikiniBottomTwitter sub (seen below, left), receiving over 1,400 upvotes and 33 comments. On April 20th, 2020, Redditor^[5] ThaMasterRoshi posted a meme referencing 420 to the /r/dankmemes sub (seen below, right), receiving over 34,000 upvotes and 117 comments.

On August 24th, 2019, the Instagram^[6] page 1320video posted a variant to their feed (shown below, left) and received nearly 45,000 likes in roughly one year. On November 3rd, 2019, the Facebook^[7] page Sassy Socialist Memes uploaded another example (shown below, right), receiving over 3,200 likes, 191 shares and 139 comments in a little over 10 months.

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