About

Sad Truck, also known as "Okay Truck," is an image macro series based on a picture of white cargo truck with the driver's compartment lowered to the ground and various captions anthropomorphically depicting the truck as feeling depressed and ashamed.

Origin

The keyword "Sad Truck" has been previously used to describe sightings of trucks on the road that resemble sad faces from a particular angle (also see: Things with Faces). For example, this instance hosted on FunnyJunk dates back to July 2010.

The earliest image macro instance of "Sad Truck" began on Reddit in a thread titled "It's Okay Truck, Things Will Get Better" on March 21st, 2011. From the beginning, some Reddit users commented on its resemblance to Okay Guy and Sad Keanu.

Spread

The image was well received in Reddit community and throughout the week of March 21st – 27th, Sad Truck macros spread across various blogs and forums, including FunnyJunk, Urlesque, Memebase, Memegenerator, Quickmeme and Tumblr among others.

Sad Truck Loses Cargo

This instance illustrates an appropriate backstory as to why the truck looks so sad or ashamed.