About

Link Stares at a Chicken Sandwich is a series of "object label" memes based on an image of YouTuber Link from the Good Mythical Morning channel staring at a chicken sandwich with admiration.

Origin

On May 24th, 2018, the verified Rhett & Link Twitter ^[1] account tweeted the picture with the caption, "Find someone that looks at you like Link looks at Chicken Sandwiches." The tweet (shown below) received more than 370 retweets and 2,500 likes in three months.

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The following day, on May 25th, Facebook ^[2] account "Note To Scene Podcast" posted the image with Link labeled "emo kids" and the sandwich labeled "tom delonge's part in blink 182's 'i miss you; when he says 'WHERE ARE YOU.'" The post (shown below, left) received more than 8,300 reactions, 7,500 comments and 24,000 shares in four months.

On August 28th, Instagram ^[3] user @boethiahs_champion posted a variation in which Link is labeled "Sole Survivor in Survival Mode" and the sandwich is labeled "empty bed." The post (shown below, center) received more than 2,800 likes in one week.

Days later, on September 4th, a variant was posted on the /r/MemeEconomy subreddit^[4] by Redditor IDontSpeakItalian. The post (shown below, right) received more than 840 points (93% upvoted) and 300 comments in 24 hours.

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