Hide the Pain Harold Meme Generator
The dentist says "you might feel a little pressure" and then leans on your jaw with the full weight of a grown adult. You nod. You'd nod at anything. You'd thank him afterwards, and you will.
The self-checkout calls for assistance for the fourth time because the bag you put in the bagging area is, in its expert opinion, an unexpected item. The queue behind you has started to breathe audibly.
Your aunt shows you 140 photos of her holiday, one by one, on her phone, swiping with a single slow finger. You're on photo 38. It's the same beach as photo 37.
The new manager opens the meeting with "I want this to feel like a family". You've met your family. You smile anyway.
Why it caught on: the stock photos of András Arató, a retired Hungarian electrical engineer, spread on forums around 2011, where people named him Harold for the pain behind the smile. Arató later embraced it, and the internet loved him more for it.
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