Pool Noodle Hat Guy
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About
Pool Noodle Hat Guy is an image macro series featuring an image of a shopper at Lowe's home improvement store wearing a crown made of multi-colored pool noodles as a means of social distancing during the coronavirus outbreak in April 2020.
Origin
On April 9th, 2020, the Facebook [1] group TheOther98 shared the earliest known version of the photograph. They captioned the image "social distancing God status." The post received more than 49,000 shares, 40,000 reactions and 3,900 comments in less than one week (shown below).
Spread
Later that day, the image spread to other platforms. Twitter [2] @Snow_Blacck tweeted the image with the caption "6 FEET MEANS 6 MF FEET!" The tweet received more than 167,000 likes and 42,000 retweets in less than one week (shown below, left). Writer Matt Oswalt tweeted,[3] "'Sir, that's an ingenious way to avoid getting the Coronavirus.' 'Coronavirus?'" The tweet received more than 73,000 likes and 9,300 retweets in less than one week (shown below, center). Redditor [4] imbadatgrammar shared the image with the title "Distancing reinforcement." The post received more than 13,000 points (96% upvoted) and 430 comments in less than one week (shown below, right.
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External References
[1] Facebook – TheOther98's Post
[2] Twitter – @Snow_Blacck's Tweet
[3] Twitter – @MattOswaltVA's Tweet
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apanda
Apr 15, 2020 at 06:42PM EDT
veepee
Apr 15, 2020 at 10:03PM EDT