Harold's Back Meme Generator
You bent down to pick up a sock. The sock is still there. So are you, a little lower than before.
First day at the gym in years. You did ten minutes. You'll feel it for three days, starting in two.
You slept wrong. That's it. That's the whole injury.
The doctor says "at your age". You stop listening and nod politely, like a man with a working back.
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. The fitness shoot from the same series, the towel and the hand on the back, is every person over forty who sneezed and pulled something.