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What is the Philosoraptor meme?

Philosoraptor is a classic advice-animal meme featuring a green velociraptor in a chin-stroking pose, paired with captions posing philosophical questions, paradoxes, or pun-filled riddles. It turns absurd dinosaur imagery into a vehicle for pseudo-profound shower thoughts.

Origin & History

Artist Sam Smith created the Philosoraptor illustration in summer 2008 for his Lonely Dinosaur T-shirt shop, inspired by a philosophy-major friend nicknamed 'philosoraptor.' Smith copyrighted the design on October 8, 2008, and it began circulating as an image macro on 4chan's /b/ board in February 2009.

Memegenerator and other macro tools accelerated its spread, and Philosoraptor reached 'God Tier' status on meme sites by 2011. Captions typically pose wordplay-heavy questions - 'If you try to fail and succeed, which have you done?' - making it one of the defining advice-animal formats of the late 2000s internet.

How to Use / Use Cases

Posing a humorous philosophical paradox or rhetorical question
Making pun-based jokes about everyday situations
Sharing a shower thought dressed up as deep wisdom
Mocking overthinking simple problems
Captioning late-night existential musings with absurd flair

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