The Story Behind Hide The Pain Harold Meme
How can such a regular guy turn in a viral Internet sensation?
Andras Arato is a typical 70-year-old retiree from Budapest. Nevertheless, he has become maybe one the most viral and loved <a href="https://rumble.com/v3497p-10-real-people-behind-popular-internet-memes.html" target="_blank">Internet memes</a> in just a few years, gathering thousands of fans across the globe: Hide the Pain Harold.
Andras’s career started in 2010, when he happened to post a photo of himself on the Hungarian social media site: Iwiw, popular in those days. The photo posted was one of the many taken during Andras’s holiday in Turkey. A photographer then noticed it and contacted Andras instantly, asking him to be a stock photo model. Andras accepted believing it would be a fun time to spend his time.
Internet being what it it, some creative people discovered the stock photos and decided to take the game a notch further. Long after the photo sessions were over and forgotten, Andras got a bit curious and searched for who and how his photos were being used.
Was he surprised! He discovered the whole meme pallet of himself and what each meant. He was not happy about it. The heart of the hide the pain Harold memes is that his smile seems quite artificial, an the comic part springs form the idea that he is trying to hide some grave pain behind his smile. He is definitely smiling, but doesn’t seem happy at all.
Now it is Andras’s time to go a step ahead in the game. In this video he assumes the character behind his meme, giving a short training on how to use your inner strength and hide the pain behind a glowing smile, no matter what.
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Baby camel takes very first steps
Here you see the wonderful gift of life in its purest form. This video shows a camel and her calf and one of their first moments together. This calf is getting all the courage it can from its mom to stand up on its legs. Here we witness the miracle of life and the calf's first steps.
The wild can be very unforgiving which means that the calf needs to take its first steps as soon as a couple of hours after its born. This is a process in which the mom helps her calf by encouraging it and helping it stand up. As that happens they are both on their way through the wild in search of food and water. The calf stays by its moms side for a couple of years until its strong and confident enough to be able to make it on its own.
Again, you must take a look at this amazing footage of an adorable baby camel in the moment it takes its very first steps.
This video was filmed at Sosto Zoo, Hungary.
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