Drowning High Five
Added by Adam • Updated about a month ago by ohmyjosh
![Drowning High Five](https://i.kym-cdn.com/entries/icons/original/000/028/202/Screen_Shot_2019-01-17_at_2.02.03_PM.jpg)
Type: Exploitable,
Tags: comic, drowning, object labeling, gudim, corporalchipmunk, officialherst,
![Drowning High Five](https://i.kym-cdn.com/entries/icons/original/000/028/202/Screen_Shot_2019-01-17_at_2.02.03_PM.jpg)
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About • Origin • Spread • Various Examples • Search Interest • External References • |
About
Drowning High Five refers to a comic by Russian artist Gudim showing a hand reaching out of water, evidently belonging to a drowning person. Another hand comes in and gives the drowning hand a high five. The comic has been used as a reaction image and object labeling exploitable.
Origin
On June 19th, 2017, artist Gudim posted the drowning comic to their Instagram page,[1] where it gained over 43,000 likes (shown below).
![Drowning High Five](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/450/446/573.jpg)
Spread
The comic first began spreading as a reaction image, paired with captions where one celebrates the failure of others. For example, On February 26th, 2018, Facebook page Sarcasm Society[2] posted the image with the caption "When your ex drowning," gaining over 5,500 likes and reactions (shown below, left). A July 10th, 2017 post on /r/2meirl4meirl gained over 770 points (shown below, right).
![Drowning Ex When your ex drowning](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/450/451/88f.jpg)
![2meirl4meirl me liking posts about depression](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/450/452/467.jpg)
Later variations turned the image into an object labeling exploitable. For example, Redditor CorporalChipmunk posted an edit on January 9th, 2019 to /r/programmerhumor that gained over 34,000 points (shown below, left). A post by user OfficialHerst to /r/2meirl4meirl from December 26th, 2018 gained over 30,000 points (shown below, right).
![Programmer ng that loroblem, tod](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/450/453/464.jpg)
![Cry for Help A meme thatis a A meme that is a genujne cry for help enuine crfor Ip "Haña](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/450/455/6cf.jpg)
Various Examples
![Reddit Automod Me: *posts on Reddit* Inbox: 1 unread msg Automoderator Bot: Post has been removed](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/450/457/e11.jpg)
![Stack Overflow Me asking a question on stack overflow CLOSED ods](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/450/458/aa6.jpg)
![Math e struggling to do a math proble the teacher telling me i should remember it from last year](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/450/459/4ee.jpg)
![College When you ask your parents for support after college Jokespaymybills](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/450/460/a3e.jpg)
![Walking Dead Hey scopely ey Survivor Keep on rvivin Okay thanks](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/450/462/02c.jpg)
![Sad Post Dolphin Casanova * Follow @TheZombiUnicorn When your friend makes a sad post and you don't know what to say, so you just 'like' it instead](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/450/466/4e3.jpg)
Search Interest
External References
[2] Facebook – Sarcasm society
Entry Editors ( 3 )
Tags: comic, drowning, object labeling, gudim, corporalchipmunk, officialherst,
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