About

Stay Hydrated is a series of ironic memes and jokes about drinking water.

Origin

The earliest known usage of the meme was an Advice Animals posted by Imgur ^[1] user ZaciiH on December 12th, 2013. The post received more than 2,700 views in less than six years (shown below).

Spread

On June 25th, 2014, Tumblr ^[3] user bombing posted, "fun drinking game: take a shot of water every couple hours to make sure you’re healthy and hydrated." The post received more than 1 million notes in less than six years (shown below).

On January 30th, 2017, Imgur^[4] user Kagantu shared the Tumblr post with an image of Captain America. The post received more than 69,000 views and 1,200 points in less than three years (shown below, left).

Several months later, on June 25th, Redditor ^[5] Thatoneguy42021 posted the quote with a stock photograph of a man giving a thumbs-up hand gesture. The post received more than 1,200 points (98% upvoted) in less than three years (shown below, center).

On November 16th, Facebook user OfficialBardockObama posted a picture of United States President Donald Trump drinking a bottle of water. They captioned the post "Stay hydrated." The post recievd more than 5,000 reactions, 900 comments and 900 shares in less than three years (shown below, right).

On November 27th, the Stay Hydrated Bot^[2] launched on Twitch. The automated user reminds streamers to drink water.

The following year, on February 11th, Redditor^[6] molestable posted a Great Gatsby Reaction with the caption "Here I think u forgot your drink in the other room. It's hot today remember to stay hydrated." The post received more tahn 7,300 points (99% upvoted) in less than two years (shown below, right).

On July 26th, 2018, Redditor^[7] Me_you_who posted "What is up with these 'Stay Hydrated' commens/posts?" in the /r/OutOfTheLoop subreddit.

Various Examples

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