Jonah Hill Dropping Coffee

Submission 46,570

About

Jonah Hill Dropping Coffee refers to a candid photograph of Jonah Hill unaware that a plastic cup of coffee is falling from his grip. The image inspired a series of artistic renderings, jokes and object labeling memes.

Origin

On September 10th, 2019, Redditor ^[1] TorahTalmud shared the image on the /r/nevertellmetheodds subreddit. The post received more than 19,000 points (98% upvoted) and 325 comments in less than one week (shown below).

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That day, Redditor^[2] im_wabbit_hunting shared the image in the /r/Wellthatsucks subreddit, where it received more than 94,000 points (92% upvoted) and 2,400 comments.

Additionally, that day, Twitter^[4] user @7zarc shared the image with the caption "son LMFAOO." Within three days, the tweet received more than 145,000 likes and 44,000 retweets (shown below, left).

Two days later, on September 12th, the Twitter ^[3] account for the company Bespoke Post tweeted, "s/o to Jonah Hill, always cool, calm, and collected. Even in the face of imminent disaster." The tweet received more than 22,000 likes and 3,400 in 24 hours (shown below, center).

Following the post, people began posting various memes about the image. Twitter^[5] user @missmollymary tweeted an object labeling meme about Joe Biden. Within 24 hours, the tweet received more than 1,100 likes and 100 retweets (shown below, right).

On September 12th, Jonah Hill posted about the photograph on Instagram. ^[6] He wrote, "The internet has been very interested in this photo of me dropping my coffee. But we’re all forgetting the real tragedy here. We’re forgetting to mourn this coffee. I didn’t know it long but damn was our time together special. As fleeting as it was. I’ll never forget you." Within 24 hours, the post received more than 266,000 likes (shown below).

Several media outlets covered the photo, including People,^[7] The AV Club,^[8] The Daily Dot ^[9] and more.