About

Oof Size Large refers to a reaction image in which man making a grimace is superimposed over a washing machine dial labeled "Oof Size" that is set to "large." The image grew popular on Reddit in January of 2020 and was commonly paired screenshots of cringeworthy moments.

Origin

While the first post of the image is unclear, the earliest known post of the original template image appeared on Facebook, ^[1] posted by user Rick Moses, on June 7th, 2019 (shown below). The image is an edit of a template based off a washing machine dial labeled "load size" set to "large."^[7]

Spread

The template did not start growing in popularity until 2020, when Redditors began using it as a reaction image. On January 6th, user thedennisknwr posted an example in /r/memes,^[2] gaining over 16,000 points (shown below, left). On January 9th, user jizzhandkid posted an example that gained over 43,000 points.^[3]

The template continued to be popular over the following week. On January 13th, Redditor captainsam22 posted an example in /r/dankmemes^[4] that gained over 26,000 points (shown below, left). On January 10th, Redditor DoKSolero posted an example in /r/memes^[5] that gained over 14,00 points (shown below, right). The memes were covered by Stayhipp.^[6]

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