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A Harold's Headache post.
The kids' party ends in one hour. It started six hours ago. Somebody has found a whistle. The WiFi drops in the middle of a video call. You come back. You've been made the person who takes notes. Setting up the new phone needs your old phone, which needs a code sent to the new phone. Your neighbour starts drilling at 8:00 on Saturday. He's still drilling. You have no idea what he's building. A second house, perhaps. **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. Here, the pain finally wins: the photo where he stops hiding it is what everyone looks like after hiding it all day.