Was the Distracted Boyfriend meme actually born in 1922?
No. But check this out. There’s an image going around Reddit right now that looks remarkably like the famously disloyal man — and it’s from the 96-year-old short film Pay Day, which stars Charlie Chaplin.
The photo was posted to r/pics on Monday by user i124nk8 under the header “Charlie Chaplin: inventor of memes.” (It had been circulating on Twitter, courtesy of @peeto_g, since the day before.)
Now, against my better judgment, I am considering replacing the original Distracted Boyfriend with the Charlie Chaplin version from now on. For one thing, everyone’s outfits are much better. For another, I haven’t seen the latter image every day for the past 10 months. Plus, vintage! Read more…
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Source: Mashable | Charlie Chaplin was the original Distracted Boyfriend meme
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