Hide the Pain Harold Meme Generator

The dentist says "you might feel a little pressure" and then leans on your jaw with the full weight of a grown adult. You nod. You'd nod at anything. You'd thank him afterwards, and you will.

The self-checkout calls for assistance for the fourth time because the bag you put in the bagging area is, in its expert opinion, an unexpected item. The queue behind you has started to breathe audibly.

Your aunt shows you 140 photos of her holiday, one by one, on her phone, swiping with a single slow finger. You're on photo 38. It's the same beach as photo 37.

The new manager opens the meeting with "I want this to feel like a family". You've met your family. You smile anyway.

Why it caught on: the stock photos of András Arató, a retired Hungarian electrical engineer, spread on forums around 2011, where people named him Harold for the pain behind the smile. Arató later embraced it, and the internet loved him more for it.

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Best Hide the Pain Harold posts

• MY BUDDY ASKED IF HE COULD CRASH ON MY COUCH... / I TOLD HIM , "I'M MARRIED NOW. THAT'S WHERE I SLEEP. "
• When you're on IMGFlip but none of the memes are cheering you up
• I ONCE LIVED A STONES THROW AWAY / FROM A FAMILY THAT ALL DIED FROM MYSTERIOUS HEAD INJURIES
• There's a post here asking what to do with leftover Bacon
• DOES ANYBODY KNOW HOW TO DISABLE THE AUTOCORRECT FEATURE ON MY WIFE ?
• WELCOME TO IMGFLIP / WHERE MY MEME IS ON PAGE 2 OF HOT BUT STILL HAS ONLY 2 UPVOTES
• IF HUMANS ARE 70% AND WATER ISN'T ALIVE / THEN HUMAN ARE 70% DEAD ON THE INSIDE
• I'D BE AMAZING AT HIDE AND SEEK / IF THE ONLY THING I HAD TO HIDE WAS MY FEELINGS
• THAT MOMENT YOU TO REALIZE / THAT ONE OF YOUR FRIENDS IS SUBBED TO A YOUTUBER YOU HATE.
• BACK IN MY DAY PEOPLE MADE EXCUSES BECAUSE THEY USED MARIJUANA / NOW THEY MAKE EXCUSES SO THEY CAN USE MARIJUANA
• IF DRINKING REALLY KILLED MEMORIES / THEN WHY DO I STILL NEED TO DRINK?
• WHEN THAT LAST STAIR CASE HITS DIFFERENT
• COME TO THINK OF IT / THIS COFFEE DOES TASTE LIKE ANTIFREEZE
• WHEN YOU FINALLY GET A JIT REQUEST FROM A GRANT YOU SUBMITTED 18 MONTHS AGO.
• JUST REMEMBER / YOU'RE GETTING PAID FOR THIS
• IT'S HOTTER THAN A CRACKHEADS LIGHTER ON UNIVERSAL CREDIT DAY.
• GROWING OLDER IS A TRANSITION / FROM ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER TO SENILITY
• FINISH MY COFFEE / AND THEN RUN THAT LEFTOVER TURKEY THRU THE WOOD CHIPPER
• WHEN SUNDAY ONLY LASTED 0.000001 SECONDS AND YOU ARE NOT READY FOR ANOTHER WEEK OF SCHOOL
• I'M HEARING LOCKDOWN MIGHT BE LIFTED SOON? / THINK I'LL JUST STAY HERE