Overview

Exposed Homeless Man With Ripped Pants Sleeping refers to a photograph of what appears to be a homeless man sleeping on the sidewalk with the front of his blue jeans torn open, exposing his penis. The image was posted to X / Twitter in mid-October 2024 and inspired reactions and memes, with many users sexualizing and thirsting over the man because of the size of his penis. Users sexualizing the homeless man were heavily criticized by others on social media, with many finding the existence and posting of the photo problematic considering the man was asleep and likely did not consent to having it posted online.

Background

On October 14th, 2024, X^[1] user @RealXavier011 posted an uncensored photograph of a homeless man sleeping on the sidewalk surrounded by garbage. The front of the man's jeans are visibly ripped open, completely exposing his penis. The post reads, "Please help us find this Guy, so we can donate Clothes 🙏" and garnered over 126,000 likes and 16,000 reposts in two days.

Online Reactions

The image garnered a large number of reactions and became the subject of memes over the following days. Notably, many X users began sexualizing the homeless man because of the size of his penis, including through memes suggesting they will give the man shelter.

For example, on October 14th, 2024, X^[2] user @Sophia_xdesire commented, "I can take him in👀" garnering over 1,100 likes in two days. On the same day, X^[3] user @thedeal_nfl quote-reposted the image with a similar comment, garnering over 14,000 likes in two days. X^[4] user @C00L_HandLuke posted, "I’m no fucking bender, but you have to admire a bat like that," garnering over 15,000 likes in two days.

Backlash

The reactions to the photo quickly became the subject of backlash and controversy by some X users. For example, later on October 14th, 2024, X^[5] user @blessthebeautyy posted, "That man got his picture taken exposed while asleep and yall are thirsting over him…..I don't know who to be more disgusted with," garnering over 138,000 likes in two days.

That same night, X^[6] user @bambied_ posted, "sexualizing a homeless man y’all are so low and pathetic," garnering over 75,000 likes in two days. She continued to comment on the photograph and reactions as a thread, writing, "you people are so conditioned to view the homeless as less than human. that is why you feel so free to photograph them without consent and post them online for laughs."

Job Offer From Bang Bros

On October 15th, 2024, the X^[7] account for Bang Bros, an adult video website, made a comment on the original post, writing, "Please find this guy so we can offer him a job 🙏🏻," garnering over 5,300 likes in a day. It is unconfirmed if this was a legitimate job offer or a joke.

Search Interest

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