About

Improvise. Adapt. Overcome refers to a series of image macros that feature a humorous adversity in the caption and picture of Bear Grylls from the reality television series Man vs. Wild and the subtitle "Improvise. Adapt. Overcome."

Origin

On September 25th, 2017, Redditor ^[1] furrutia29 posted an image of Bear Grylls with the subtitle, a common Marine Corp mantra,^[3] "Improvise. Adapt. Overcome" and the caption "when the p--n video doesnt load so you beat your meat to the ads" in the /r/dankmemes subreddit. Within 24 hours, the post (shown below) received more than 6,200 points (98% upvoted) and 50 comments.

Spread

Throughout the next 24 hours, Redditors of the subreddit /r/dankmemes began posting numerous variations of the meme. Redditor MaxGGEASY posted one (shown below, left) with the caption "when you beat the 5 year old who has the better beyblade" and received more than 1,000 points (96% upvoted) in 12 hours. Afterwards, more Redditors posted examples (examples below, center and right).

On September 25th, Redditor^[2] Exodus_22 posted the meme in the /r/MemeEconomy subreddit.

Various Examples

Search Interest

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