My father first did so as a university student, then studied international law in Berlin on a scholarship in the late 1930s, and then worked in the Ministry of Justice. My family is from Kőszeg, my grandfather was the headmaster of the Lutheran Girls' Secondary School in Kőszeg. I love Kőszeg, it's the apple of my eye, the most beautiful Hungarian town. This must have been in the late 17th century – I can trace the family tree back to about that time. At that time, churches of the protestant churches could not have towers, so there is a separate bell tower in a courtyard. Even the church we are using today could only be built after Joseph II's decree of toleration. The town of Kőszeg might be an exception, where Martin Luther's ideas had a very strong influence among the then largely German-speaking population, but then came the Counter-Reformation. I understand there aren't many Lutherans in Western Hungary.
By the way, I am an a Lutheran, confirmed, but I don’t go to church too often. Whether this higher power created the world in seven days or showed itself to Moses in a bush – I have some reservations about that. I believe in a higher power that controls things. You told the tabloid Blikk that you asked your friends to pray for you. I thought I was finished, that that was it. Yes, I got very ill, I was in hospital on a ventilator. As such, many of the memes that involve Harold's photos focus on someone trying to smile through bad news or to place the character in some sort of unfortunate-but-hilarious situation.The requests are coming in thick fast and I can hardly keep up with them. “Hiding the pain” is a reference to someone trying to put on a brave or happy face despite some sort of internal adversity, be it disgust, pain, disappointment, or sadness. The Official "Hide The Pain Harold" website. Other contributions to the spread of Harold's memes include Imgur user somesh*tbag, who took the quotes from the 4chan thread and compiled them into a gallery of memes, and Youtuber ChinnyxD who took 4chan's story and recited it via text-to-speech in one of her videos. Just one month later, a Facebook page for “Hide the Pain Harold” was created, but it was eventually overshadowed by a page titled “Maurice,” which came about on Januand currently has 10K likes.Īlso in 2014, various Harold stock photos were used in a tribute thread on 4chan, where users created a story about an unhappy man making a living as a stock photography model.
Forum user Greene72 posted stock photos with “Harold,” resulting in a number of comments from his fellow users. The first known usage of a “Harold” photo for a meme or joke was on Facepunch on September 13th, 2011. Since then, Arató himself has become somewhat of a celebrity, with many people reporting real-life encounters with him while traveling abroad. In 2016, the man in the images came forward, revealing that he is a stock photo model from Kőszeg, Hungary named András Arató. Thanks to the sheer number of images which feature “Harold,” the meme became extremely popular in little to no time. “Hide The Pain Harold” or “Maurice” is a stock photography model who has gained popularity as a meme thanks largely to his unique smile, which seems to emulate someone who is suppressing discomfort, disappointment, or sadness.
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