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Nelson the Bull Terrier / Walter
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About
Nelson the Bull Terrier, also known as Walter, refers to a picture of a dog looking at a camera without his ears showing. The image grew popular on Twitter and Reddit, particularly the /r/okbuddyretard subreddit, in late 2018.
Origin
The original image of Nelson was posted to the dog's Twitter, @PupperNelson, on September 30th, 2018.[1] The tweet was captioned "when u open the front-facing camera on accident," and gained over 2,500 retweets and 9,300 likes (shown below).
![Front Facing Camera NELSON @PupperNelson Follow when u open the front-facing camera on accident](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/440/372/ff8.png)
Spread
After the tweet was posted, it began spreading on primarily Reddit's /r/okbuddyretard. There, some popular posts include one by user donkeyfromshrek5 that gained over 3,900 points (shown below, left). Another from user flabbagitch gained over 11,000 points (shown below, right).
![Google Search dog breeds ll Images Videos News Maps More Settings Tools Dog Breeds Bulldog German Shepherd Labrador Retriever Beagle Poodle](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/440/376/b7c.png)
![so totaly me when sshave](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/439/693/020.png)
Though posts featuring the dog gained high scores on the subreddit, it was also very unpopular with some users. On December 2nd,[2] moderators banned the spread of what they called "dog face" memes as well as Walter Clements references. Despite that, some users still attempted to sneak in memes with Nelson, including a post by F3v3rDr34m3r that gained over 9,600 points (shown below, left) and a post by Govern_ showing a different picture of Nelson, gaining over 410 points (shown below, right). The person behind the puppernelson account posted in the subreddit on December 7th explaining the origin of the face.[3]
![Not Dog Face Who are you Not the dog face promise mods it's not Who are you lam vou but 0 You but not baned](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/440/378/7c3.png)
![Cume IAM WANT TO TO F------ CUME](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/440/380/28e.png)
Various Examples
![How Much Do You Like Me how auch d like me? ul dont try to cha the subject! huh? thats im ble](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/440/381/cb1.jpg)
![Walter Dog Some people are like Others are like "Impeach Obama" "Impeach Ronald Reagan Meanwhile I'm sitting here like WALTER](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/440/382/807.jpg)
![Get Out of Class WHEN TEACHER SAYS "GET OUT OF THE CLASS" ayush@JokesKing Girls Reaction Boys Reactiorn](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/440/383/478.jpg)
![Drawn Walter](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/440/384/39a.png)
![Dog Says N Word N-word! DankerBeef](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/440/385/bf6.jpg)
![Emma Watson FEMALE TEACHERS NOWADAYS FEMALE TEACHERS WHENI WENT TO SCHOOL VS AH](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/440/386/a48.png)
Search Interest
Unavailable
External References
[1] Twitter – PupperNelson
[2] Reddit – Walter and Dog Face Memes Are Now Banned
[3] Reddit – Origin of Dog Face
Top Comments
ExpnandBanana
Dec 11, 2018 at 07:44PM EST in reply to
Smol Nozomi
Dec 14, 2018 at 01:38PM EST