"Heartbreaking: The Worst Person You Know Just Made A Great Point" is an article by the
satirical
Satire is a genre of the visual, literary, and performing arts, usually in the form of fiction and less frequently non-fiction, in which vices, follies, abuses, and shortcomings are held up to ridicule, often with the intent of shaming or e ...
website
ClickHole, published in February 2018. The article is written in
second-person, describing a situation in which the reader's archetypically hated coworker makes a logical argument during a political debate, much to the chagrin of the reader. After publication, the article's headline and
stock photo became an
Internet meme
An Internet meme, commonly known simply as a meme ( ), is an idea, behavior, style, or image that is spread via the Internet, often through social media platforms. What is considered a meme may vary across different communities on the Internet ...
used to mock otherwise disliked figures when they make statements that users nonetheless agree with.
Image
The article is illustrated with a
stock photo of Josep Maria García. The picture was taken in 2014 during a work trip to
Barcelona, during which García was helping his photographer brother-in-law to set up the lighting for a photoshoot.
''
The Guardian'' compared García to András Arató, who also unintentionally became the subject of an
Internet meme
An Internet meme, commonly known simply as a meme ( ), is an idea, behavior, style, or image that is spread via the Internet, often through social media platforms. What is considered a meme may vary across different communities on the Internet ...
in
Hide the Pain Harold
András István Arató (born 11 July 1945) is a retired Hungarian electrical engineer and model. In 2011, he became the subject of the Internet meme Hide the Pain Harold due to his overall facial expression and seemingly fake smile. Arató h ...
.
journalist Cameron Wilson tried to find García in 2021 by emailing Clickhole, without getting a response. Twitter user @iamtherog had found that the image was owned by
Getty Images
Getty Images Holdings, Inc. is an American visual media company and is a supplier of stock images, editorial photography, video and music for business and consumers, with a library of over 477 million assets. It targets three markets— creative ...
, but the image was already removed from their site at that time. An Indian medical website contained the image, still including the
Exif data with the
GPS coordinates and the name of the photographer.
The image, separate from the article and headline, has been used as a meme with the same meaning.
The meme has been referenced in regard to
Donald Trump,
David Portnoy
David Portnoy (born March 22, 1977) is an American internet celebrity, blogger, and founder of the sports and pop culture blog Barstool Sports.
Early life
Portnoy grew up in Swampscott, Massachusetts. He is Jewish and had a Bar Mitzvah.
...
,
Mo Brooks,
Neil Gorsuch
Neil McGill Gorsuch ( ; born August 29, 1967) is an American lawyer and judge who serves as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. He was nominated by President Donald Trump on January 31, 2017, and has served since ...
,
Matt Gaetz,
Lauren Boebert, and
Marjorie Taylor Greene
Marjorie Taylor Greene (born May 27, 1974), also known by her initials MTG, is an American politician, businesswoman, and far-right conspiracy theorist
Sources describing Greene as "far-right" include:
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
* who has served as th ...
. While referencing the meme, writers at
''Mic'' and
''Vulture'' called the article "absolutely iconic" and "one of the best articles to ever grace the internet",
respectively.
See also
*
List of Internet phenomena
*
*
The Worst Person in the World (disambiguation) The Worst Person in the World may refer to:
* ''The Worst Person In The World'', a 1979 children's book by James Stevenson, which was followed by several sequels
* "The Worst Person in the World", a character in sketches by the comedy duo Bob and ...
*
Tu quoque
*
Ad hominem
''Ad hominem'' (), short for ''argumentum ad hominem'' (), refers to several types of arguments, most of which are fallacious.
Typically, this term refers to a rhetorical strategy where the speaker attacks the character, motive, or some other ...
References
External links
*
*
{{The Onion
Internet memes
Internet memes introduced in 2018
Internet culture
2010s photographs
Headlines
Stock photography
The Onion
2018 works