Hamburger Straws
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About
Hamburger Straws refer to a Photo Fad in which a person sticks a straw through a fast food hamburger and into their soda. The fad became popular in Japan before being covered by western media outlets.
Precursor
Before the trend included hamburgers and soda, a similar trend spread through Japan with doughnuts and iced coffee. On November 19th, 2016, Instagram account dumbodc[1] posted a photo example of the trend, suggesting the trend began growing popular in Japan late in 2016 (shown below).
Origin
The earliest known post to recreate the doughnut/coffee photo with a hamburger and soda was posted by Instagram account oym_[2] on July 16th, 2017, gaining over 120 likes (shown below).
Spread
In the coming weeks, several other posts recreating the Hamburger Straw were posted to Instagram. The most popular with over 2,300 likes was posted on July 18th, 2017 by uwasalabo[3] (shown below).
On July 24th, several examples were featured on 2channel. [4] This drew the attention of Kotaku, [5] who wrote about the trend on the same day. Several other media outlets posted about the trend following Kotaku's story, including Mashable,[6] Select All,[7] Eater,[8] and more.
Various Examples
Search Interest
External References
[3] Instagram – "uwasalabo:"https://www.instagram.com/p/BWtoyoYh1Tm/
[4] 2ch – 【画像】最近のJKはハンバーガーにストローぶっ挿すのが流行りらしいぞ
[5] Kotaku – ""Hamburger Straws" Are Japan's Newest Online Meme":https://kotaku.com/hamburger-straws-are-japans-newest-online-meme-1797183274
[6] Mashable – 'Hamburger straws' are Japan's newest way to make the rest of us wonder what's going on over there
[7] Select All – Nobody Looked Dumber Today Than I Did Doing This Hamburger Meme in a McDonald’s
[8] Eater – Hamburger Straws Are the Latest Nonsensical Instagram Trend
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Who wants a muffin
Jul 25, 2017 at 06:14PM EDT
Modeabel
Jul 25, 2017 at 09:58PM EDT