About

Dog on the Phone is a three panel exploitable image that features a dog in an office space with a phone to his ear. The expression on the dogs face changes from excited, in the first panel, to worried in the final bottom panel.

Origin

On January 24th, 2019, Redditor ShampooBeer^[1] posted a picture to the Aww subreddit with the caption "My boss brought her 100+ Pound Lab to work and he's trying to take my job." The post gained 30,900 points (97% upvoted) and over 400 comments on its first day (shown below).

Spread

On the same day, Redditor TrudieBeakman^[2] posted the same image to the MemeEconomy subreddit with the caption "A lot of potential here!" The post gained 827 points (98% upvoted) and 211 comments within 24 hours. The comments of this post have the first variations of the image. Redditor MyNameIsAVerb posted an image of the dog reaching another dog over the phone to talk to him about his cars warranty. The comment gained 39 points (shown below, left). Another Redditor posted an image to the comments featuring the dog making a joke about collar id. The post garnered 28 points (shown below, right).

On January 25th, the image spread to the Dankmemes subreddit. Redditor pineapple-1001^[3] posted a variation with the caption "when your precious owner calls you but then you hear another dog barking in the background." The post accumulated 311 points (98% upvoted) in one day (shown below, left). An hour later, Fear_of_Bricks^[4] posted the image with the excited dog as "Opening reddit after a few hours after posting a meme" and the last panel "Your post was removed." The post gained 3,800 points (99% upvoted) in a few hours (shown below, right).

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