Piss Drawer

About

Piss Drawer refers to a viral image of a 3-year old boy in a Batman costume crying because his mother found the drawer he had been urinating in. The image attracted media coverage and later became the subject of image macros and video remixes, with many examples following Mom Found my Poop Sock meme structure.

Origin

On October 24th, 2017, Twitter user @phoebebartlett_^[1] posted an image of her little brother crying because his mother had discovered the drawer he had been using to secretly urinate in. The post gained over 52,000 retweets and 160,000 likes (shown below).

Spread

The viral tweet was picked up by Buzzfeed^[2] the following day. However, it was not until later that the image began spreading in image macros on Reddit. On August 11th, 2018, Redditor MilkyAurora posted an edited version of the picture to /r/okaybuddyretard,^[3] gaining over 290 points (shown below, left). On January 30th, 2019, Redditor PaneRampage posted an edit of the image to /r/memes,^[4] gaining over 840 points (shown below, right).

Video remixes about the image also appeared on YouTube. On May 6th, 2019, YouTuber Lacrosse devil posted an ASMR parody video about the picture, gaining over 4,500 views (shown below, left). On March 10th, 2019, YouTuber posted a video edit crossing the image with Metal Gear Solid sound effects, gaining over 5,600 views (shown below, right).

Various Examples

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