Hide the Pain Harold is Imgur’s Meme of the Decade

Jan. 19, 2020

To arrive at this result, the online image sharing platform shortlisted ten meme formats from two-thousand nominations and conducted a survey. The survey gained 54,768 votes in 72 hours.

AsImgur puts it, “Hide the Pain Harold represents a deep-seated emotion, a quiet dread, or existential anguish that resides in all of us”. I don’t know about you but I’ve personally related to the meme several times throughout all these years.

Hide the Pain Harold faced close competition with “A New Badly Photoshopped Photo of Michael Cera Everyday” and “This is Fine” meme to claim the glorious title. Take a look at the percentage of votes for memes below.Credits: Imgur

So, which is your favorite meme of the decade? Tell us in the comments.

Subin writes about consumer tech, software, and security. He secretly misses the headphone jack while pretending he’s better off with the wireless freedom.