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About
Dad and the Dog, also known as Dad After Getting a Dog, is an image macro series featuring jokes about fathers who are reluctant to get a dog for their family but are quick to grow fond of the animal after getting one. Memes based on the joke gained significant spread on Reddit in late July 2019.
Origin
On July 29th, Redditor bipolarparadiseyt posted a photograph of actor and professional wrestler Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson with a dog to /r/dankmemes subreddit, captioning it with a joke about dad growing fond of the dog after reluctantly getting one for the family.[1] The post received over 31,400 upvotes within three days.
Spread
On July 30th, 2019, Redditor Toby_A270 posted another meme based on the joke to /r/memes subreddit, with the post accumulating over 99,000 upvotes in two days (shown below).[2]
In the following hours, multiple memes based on the joke were submitted to /r/memes,[3] /r/dankmemes[4] and other subreddit, with the format also spreading to Twitter[5] and other online platforms.
Various Examples
Search Interest
External References
[1] Reddit – 'you have to feed it and walk it'
[2] Reddit – It’s up to you
[3] Reddit – 'If you want a dog, you're taking care of it. I'm not!'
[4] Reddit – Mr. Wick is a cool dad
[5] Twitter – @ChannelFireball's Tweet
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