Harold Reading the Newspaper Meme Generator
Coffee, croissant, the news. One page in, the croissant is the only thing in the world going well.
Petrol is up. Rent is up. Your pension is "under review". Sip.
Your town is in the paper. It's not about the new park.
The horoscope says "expect the unexpected". So far this week it has been extremely expected.
Why it caught on: the stock photos of András Arató, a retired Hungarian electrical engineer, reached forums in 2011, where people named him Harold for the pain behind the smile. The man in the suit with his coffee became the face of reading the morning headlines and choosing, every single morning, to stay calm.
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