About

Everything on the Opposite End of the Burger refers to a series of jokes and memes expressing the frustration felt when food falls out of a burger. These images generally feature an image of the subject dramatically exiting.

Origin

On October 20th, 2019, Redditor ^[1] hishon01 shared an image of a U.S. army soldier saluting while skydiving with the caption "me: *bites into buger* / everything on the opposite end of the burger." Within 24 hours, the post received more than 128,000 points (95% upvoted) and 790 comments (shown below).

Spread

That day, jokes about this situation continued to spread on Reddit. For example, Redditor^[2] godumbledork shared a version using a screenshot from the film Star Wars: Episode III -- Revenge of the Sith. The post received more than 45,000 points (93% upvoted) and 160 comments in 24 hours (shown below, left). Redditor^[3] blavkout shared a variation that featured the Ight Imma Head Out meme. The post received more than 48,000 points (87% upvoted) and 200 comments in 24 hours (shown below, center). Redditor^[4] the_tired_insominac shared a variation that featured a reference to the film Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King Ultimately, people contextualized the meme for specific communities, such as Star Wars and Lord of the Rings.

That day, a Redditor^[5] asked the /r/OutOfTheLoop subreddit "What's going on with all the hamburger memes?" Redditor LaughingSunKing responded, "It seems like a meme that spawned simply from being based on a common experience, I’m sure most of us have bitten into a sandwich and accidentally splorched out the ingredients."

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