About
Sarcastic Bear is an advice animal series consisting of an image of a bear with an irreverent and sardonic facial expression, captioned with a statement that is typically presented in a sarcastic or derisive tone. The nature of the meme is similar to that of Condescending Wonka.
Origin
The series originally began as a post by Redditor RuggedlyHandsome to the /r/funny subreddit on May 28th, 2014, titled “bear looks sarcastic as fuck”,[1] featuring a photograph of the bear with no captions (shown below).
The subreddit’s commentators promptly predicted that it would spawn a new image macro-based meme, with the first use of the phrase “Sarcastic Bear” appearing in the comments section of the post.[4] The post also saw the creation of the meme’s first image macro examples.[5]
Spread
A large number of images related to the meme were created almost immediately after the initial /r/funny post. The most popular of these (shown below, left) was posted to Imgur by ShoopSythe on May 30th, garnering over 300 points.[2] On September 23rd, user KillerDorin submitted an example of the meme which criticizes people who obsess over whether or not an image is a repost, reaching Imgur’s front page with over 7,000 points.[3]
Sarcastic Bear images frequently reference Confession Bear, and the two are often used together. On January 31st, 2015, Imgur user omgwhatamidoing made a post[6] mocking a perceived misuse of the Confession Bear meme using Sarcastic Bear (shown below), reaching the front page of Imgur.
Notable Examples
Search Interest
External References
[1]Reddit – bear looks sarcastic as fuck
[2]Imgur – How people feel like when they repost.
[3]Imgur – Sarcastic Bear
[4]Reddit – bear looks sarcastic as fuck – comments
[5]Reddit – bear looks sarcastic as fuck – examples
[6]Imgur – Life must be so hard