About

Hunched Over at the Apple Store is a viral photograph of a man leaning forward at a computer while at the Apple Store. Online, the image has been used as a reaction image for people leaning closer to their computer.

Origins

The origin of the photograph is unknown. The earliest known usage of the image was published on September 30th, 2011 on the Blogspot^[1] page commercialgymtrainer.

Spread

Over the next decade, the image continued to grow in usage. On June 21st, 2015, an anonymous 4chan ^[2] user shared the image on the /g/ board.

The following year, on September 15th, 2016, Redditor ^[3] oxy_bg shared the image with the "Golden Ratio" overlaid on top of the photograph (shown below, right).

On February 16th, 2018, iFunny ^[4] user TwoHeadedPatrick shared the image with the caption "Lol, saw this dude at the apple store today, look at how he's sitting." The post received more than 100 reactions in less than two years (shown below).

Various Examples

Search Interest

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