One of the best parts of social media is the circulation of memes, as anyone can relate to humor, unlike sarcasm. We have seen a lot of varied range of memes but has it anytime struck you to know the real stories about these forever famous faces. If you did and hadn’t any time to check on the internet then your wait is over as here are few stories about the memes of famous people.

  1. The Success Kid

The picture was taken by photographer Laney Griner of her 11-month-old son Sammy trying to eat sand on August 26, 2007. When it was uploaded on flicker it gained popularity on the interpretation of the Sammy destroying other kid’s sandcastles with the caption “I Hate Sandcastles”. Later the focus shifted on the fist and facial expression as a gesture of self-congratulation and was shared with captions that boasted victories or good fortune. It became such a massive hit that CNN described the boy in the image as “likely the Internet’s most famous baby”.

  1. Oh Please

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This is probably the most famous meme you have come across the internet. It is actually the face of a professional basketball player Yao Ming. The players face sporting a hearty smile was contorted into rage comic style drawing after the still was photographed during the post-game conference in 2009. It first spread on Reddit as “Asian Laughing Guy”. Its highest spread was during December 2012.

  1.      Skeptical Baby

 

 

 

The original picture was taken by North Carolina Family Photographer and published on his blog on 15th November 2011. It soon gained momentum by getting 39,000 votes within 4 days when it was posted on humor Tumblr blog TopTumbles with the caption Skeptical baby.

  1. Grumpy Cat

Tardar Sauce famously known as the grumpy cat because of her permanently grumpy facial expression has been the source of many memes. She came into limelight when she was photographed and posted on Reddit by Bryan Bundesen, the brother of her owner Tabatha, in September 2012. And parodies made with her center of attention went viral. As of November 2017, Grumpy Cat had 2.4 million followers on Instagram.

  1. True Story

It is a white contour drawing of Barney Stinson, the character of the hit series “How I Met Your Mother”. It is often captioned with words ‘true story ‘to indicate or claim that it is based on a true story. It was at peak on June 1, 2011.

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