Shiva

About

Shiva, aka Thumbs Up Kid, is an exploitable image macro which spread on Ponychan, a My Little Pony internet board, in January of 2012.

Origin

The image is of a person, later identified as "Tim" by Vice,^[1] giving a thumbs-up sign in what appears to be a yearbook photo. The image began spreading on Ponychan board /ef/ in January of 2012. According to Gyropedia,^[2] the image was popularized in a thread started by user RhinoBlindado on January 15th, 2012 (shown below).

Spread

In the ensuing thread, examples of the meme appeared pairing the image with memes including Cool Story Bro. In that thread, users debated the name for the character, coming up with names including "The Cunt Destroyer."

In addition, several exploitable versions were created in the following days. These were documented by Gyropedia, who also called the meme "a short lived forced meme that spread across /ef/ like cancer." After the meme spread, mods on the forum said people who posted images of Shiva would be banned.^[2] Tim was contacted by Vice^[1] several years after the meme spread, saying the image was taken off his Myspace page and that the experience made him more cynical about the experience.

Various Examples

Search Interest

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