Meme lore
What is the Success Kid meme?
Success Kid is the Advice Animal cutout of toddler Sammy Griner clenching a fist of sand, placed on a purple-and-blue pinwheel background. Top line is the problem or long shot; bottom is the satisfying win. This blank is the geometric-background macro, not Laney Griner’s original beach photo.
Origin & history
Photo: Laney Griner, Sammy Griner, 2007-08-26, Ponte Vedra Beach; Flickr 2007-08-31. Meme: MySpace 2008 then r/AdviceAnimals Success Kid ~2011 (Know Your Meme / Wikipedia: Success Kid). This PNG is a 500×500 JPEG of the pinwheel cutout.
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