Hold Fart Meme Template
The image is commonly labeled “Trying to Hold a Fart Next to a Cute Girl in Class,” which turned an intense facial expression into a joke about suppressing an embarrassing bodily reaction. Know Your Meme records a Reddit submission with that title on March 2, 2014. The Daily Dot’s 2016 interview with Michael McGee explains that the underlying classroom photo was taken around October 2013 by his friend Mathew; McGee intentionally made the strained expression for a funny tweet, and he says he was not actually holding in gas. The fart scenario is therefore the later meme framing, not the photo’s documented original purpose. The format has since generalized to other moments of intense effort, discomfort, or self-control. The supplied context’s claim that the image originated in a 2013 Vine by “Chardawg” is unsupported and conflicts with this interview and the documented Reddit origin.
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What the Hold Fart meme means
The image is commonly labeled “Trying to Hold a Fart Next to a Cute Girl in Class,” which turned an intense facial expression into a joke about suppressing an embarrassing bodily reaction. Know Your Meme records a Reddit submission with that title on March 2, 2014. The Daily Dot’s 2016 interview with Michael McGee explains that the underlying classroom photo was taken around October 2013 by his friend Mathew; McGee intentionally made the strained expression for a funny tweet, and he says he was not actually holding in gas. The fart scenario is therefore the later meme framing, not the photo’s documented original purpose. The format has since generalized to other moments of intense effort, discomfort, or self-control. The supplied context’s claim that the image originated in a 2013 Vine by “Chardawg” is unsupported and conflicts with this interview and the documented Reddit origin.
A 599×804 classroom photo shows a young man in the foreground, face reddened and forehead/neck veins prominent as he tenses, while a young woman sits at a desk behind him, looking away. The image has no baked caption. The active editor exposes one wide caption band across the top of the image.
How the joke works
Use the single top caption for one short “me trying to…” situation involving a person visibly straining to suppress a reaction, endure discomfort, or keep composure. The classic joke imagines holding in a fart next to a cute classmate, but the same facial expression can fit trying not to laugh, sneeze, react, or lose focus in a serious setting. Keep it clearly self-directed and low-stakes; the image supplies the strained effort, while the caption names what is being held back.
- Single top caption: state the low-stakes reaction, bodily urge, or discomfort the foreground person is trying to suppress or endure.
Caption examples
- ME TRYING NOT TO LAUGH WHILE THE TEACHER READS THE TEST RULES
A specific quiet setting gives the visible strain a clear, relatable cause.
- THE GIRL IS SITTING IN CLASS
This only describes the background and does not explain the foreground person’s strained expression.
Situations it fits
- Trying not to laugh during a serious or quiet moment
- Suppressing a sneeze or cough during a presentation
- Holding composure through an awkward interaction
- Using the classic classroom fart scenario as harmless bodily humor
When this format does not fit
- Do not claim the photo itself documents a real fart or a Vine; that premise was added in the later meme caption.
- Do not use the CSV’s unsupported “Chardawg” attribution as fact; the source interview identifies Michael McGee and his friend Mathew.
- Do not add a second caption or treat the inactive bottom band from the generated default layout as available; runtime has one top slot.
- Do not make the woman in the background a target of harassment or sexual comments; keep the joke on the captioned person’s internal struggle.
