Overview
The iPad Gym Bully is an Australian man who took a photograph of a skinnier man lifting weights at the gym and uploaded it to Facebook in an attempt to publicly shame him for his slender physique. After a screenshot of his Facebook post began circulating on Reddit and 
Notable Developments
Online Reaction
As the screenshot continued to gain momentum on Reddit, the post[2] was eventually shut down by the moderators after some commenters began seeking the photographer’s personal information to trace his identity. The screenshot was then cross-posted to /r/Fitness[3], where it gained more than 8,900 upvotes, 3,100 points overall and 1,700 comments in 48 hours. When the story reached 4chan’s /fit/ (Health & Fitness) board[7] as well as other message boards on IGN[4], Kanye To The[5], Bodybuilding.com,[6] many members of the forums similarly demanded his personal information to be doxxed.
Photographer Banned From Gym
By the morning of July 25th, a poster on /r/Rage[8] shared screenshots of status updates from the photographer’s Facebook page wherein he revealed that he had been banned from every location of the chain gym. In the post, he acknowledged that posting the photo was “a dick move,” but argued that had someone taken his photo and made fun of him for being “fat,” the photographer would not have received the same amount of backlash.
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This screenshot, along with a handful of other Facebook posts from the photographer, subsequently were shared on /r/JusticePorn[9] with the title “#JusticeForCurlBro,” where they gained more than 6,100 upvotes and 1,700 points overall. That day, the story was featured on a number of news sites and internet culture blogs including the Daily Dot[10], BetaBeat[11], Bro Bible[12], HappyPlace[13] and Gawker.[14]
Search Interest
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External References
[1]Imgur – Neck-beard takes photos of people at the gym and belittles them on Facebook despite being overweight.
[2]Reddit – /r/rage: Neck-beard takes photos of people at the gym and belittles them on Facebook despite being overweight.
[3]Reddit – /r/Fitness: Don’t be this asshole. (xpost from r/rage)
[4]IGN Forum – lololol @ this kid I saw curling a 20 pound barbell (pic)
[5]Kanye To The – Beta/Cringe Thread
[6]Bodybuilding.com – Which miscer is this?
[7]Heinessen /fit/ Archive – Who’s more of the douche here, /fit/?
[8]Reddit – /r/Rage: The ipad gym bully from the other day got banned from his gym but hasn’t really learned his lesson
[9]Reddit – /r/JusticePorn: Eagerly awaited: Douche takes photos of people at the gym and belittles them on Facebook. The hammer of justice comes swiftly and mercilessly. Mum is pissed. Banned from gym. DOX’d by /fit/
[10]Daily Dot – 4chan and Reddit team up to get an iPad-wielding jerk banned from his gym
[11]BetaBeat – Gym Bully Disowned After Being Doxxed By 4chan, Reddit
[12]BroBible – Bro Gets Banned From Gym For Publicly Mocking Other Gym-Goers on Facebook
[13]HappyPlace – Jerk posts photos of people at his gym to make fun of them on the Internet. The Internet gets him banned from his gym.
[14]Gawker – Internet Gets Man Banned from Gym Chain for Mocking Members on Facebook