About

The Great Khali Bathing is an image macro meme featuring a photograph of professional wrestler the Great Khali in a jacuzzi underneath a waterfall shower.

Origin

The origin of the photograph is unknown, but in January 2017, Khali published a photograph of himself in a similar pool on Instagram. ^[1] The post received more than 3,100 likes in a little over three years (shown below).

The earliest known usage of the image was published by Twitter ^[2] user @an__gst on August 17th, 2017. They captioned the image, "my homie over there think u cute" (shown below).

Spread

On February 26th, 2018, Redditor ^[3] ThinkMyNameWillNotFi shared the image in the /r/bossfight subreddit. The post recieved more than 500 points (99% upvoted) in less than two years (shown below, left).

Later that year, on November 18th, Redditor^[4] Nantoone shared the image in the /r/bossfight, where it received more than 12,000 680 points (97% upvoted) and 200 comments in less than two years.

On March 19th, 2019, Redditor^[5] MK2Marc shared the image with a joke about how Khali resembles a non-playable character in the video game "Skyrim":memes/subcultures/the-elder-scrolls-v-skyrim/. The post received more than 5,800 points (98% upvoted) in less than one year (shown below, center).

Months later, on February 3rd, 2020, Redditor^[6] ClassicDecimus12 shared variation with the caption "When you check behind a waterfall in a game but there's no hidden treasure." Within 24 hours, the post received more than 68,000 points (97% upvoted) and 300 comments (shown below, right).

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