The Crazy True Stories Behind Viral Memes You Love
Hipster Barista
David Mattson – Hipster Barista for people that live on the internet – is one of the very few meme celebrities who actually *is* his meme. He works as a barista and sounds like one of the biggest hipsters you can imagine. This also obviously means that he hates being a meme, because memes are mainstream.
He thinks it’s “discouraging and disappointing” that people mock baristas through his meme where we seem to applaud craft beer, cocktail makers and farm-to-table food. All David really wants is for people who put a milky leaf on top of coffee drinks to be taken seriously. And I’m pretty sure all their parents want is for them to stop being baristas and get a real job.
Doge
The Shiba Inu dog that later became known to the world as Doge, was named Kabosu (not to be confused with Kabuto, the Pokémon) before her days as internet celebrity. Kabosu was born in a puppy mill, which was closed shortly after her birth. She and the 19 other dogs were put in a dog shelter, where most were killed.
Kabosu wasn’t one of the killed ones – luckily – and was adopted in 2008 by a Japanese family that gave her all the love a good doggo deserves. The particular “Doge” picture was posted on the owner’s blog in 2010.
The meme reached such heights that they even created a cryptocurrency called Dogecoin, which had a market value of $400 million and more. If that doesn’t convince you that dogs are man’s best friend, I’m not sure anything can.
