{"id":"diogenes-posting","name":"Diogenes Posting","summary":"Diogenes Posting is the internet practice of writing greentext stories and philosopher-panel memes about Ancient Greek Cynic Diogenes of Sinope, casting him as the original shitposter of Western thought. It started on 4chan's /his/ board in October 2015 and jumped to Tumblr and Reddit through 2016 into 2018, powered by real anecdotes like the plucked-chicken argument and the Alexander sunlight line.","tags":["diogenes posting","diogenes meme","4chan philosophy meme","greentext diogenes","behold the man","chad diogenes","ancient greek meme"],"howToUse":[],"imageCount":7,"nsfw":false,"images":[{"url":"https://fcdtoybbbn2ccxbp.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/images/diogenes-posting/diogenes-posting-gerome-diogenes-painting.webp","caption":"Jean-Leon Gerome's painting 'Diogenes' (1860), the classical portrayal of the cynic philosopher whose life inspired the 'Diogenes Posting' meme.","width":1800,"height":1012,"nsfw":false},{"url":"https://fcdtoybbbn2ccxbp.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/images/diogenes-posting/diogenes-posting-4chan-diogenes-shitposter-post.webp","caption":"A December 2015 4chan post that helped popularize the 'Diogenes Posting' framing by presenting his famous anecdotes as ancient shitposts.","width":680,"height":407,"nsfw":false},{"url":"https://fcdtoybbbn2ccxbp.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/images/diogenes-posting/diogenes-posting-plato-plucked-chicken-greentext.webp","caption":"A greentext dramatization of the famous plucked-chicken anecdote, a foundational bit of Diogenes Posting lore.","width":680,"height":884,"nsfw":false},{"url":"https://fcdtoybbbn2ccxbp.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/images/diogenes-posting/diogenes-posting-diogenes-late-to-class-greentext.webp","caption":"A comedic Diogenes-in-class greentext, a modern classroom retelling of the 'Behold, a man' story typical of Diogenes Posting.","width":680,"height":728,"nsfw":false},{"url":"https://fcdtoybbbn2ccxbp.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/images/diogenes-posting/diogenes-posting-tumblr-behold-a-man-post.webp","caption":"A Tumblr post retelling the plucked chicken anecdote, showing how the Diogenes Posting genre crossed platforms.","width":680,"height":596,"nsfw":false},{"url":"https://fcdtoybbbn2ccxbp.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/images/diogenes-posting/diogenes-posting-tumblr-coconut-diogenes-thread.webp","caption":"A viral Tumblr chain about biological classification that ends with the classic Diogenes 'Behold a man' story.","width":470,"height":559,"nsfw":false},{"url":"https://fcdtoybbbn2ccxbp.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/images/diogenes-posting/diogenes-posting-plato-aristotle-diogenes-traps-meme.webp","caption":"A philosophy-meme in which Diogenes cuts through Plato and Aristotle's arguments with a crude quip, embodying the Diogenes Posting archetype.","width":680,"height":707,"nsfw":true}],"historyUrl":"https://fcdtoybbbn2ccxbp.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/images/diogenes-posting/history.md","related":["bogdanoff-twins","newfags-cant-triforce","4chan-drinking-game-cards","a-fucking-leaf","dumbledore-posting","good-luck-im-behind-7-proxies","not-your-personal-army","post-ending-in-x","the-soviet-liberator-le-liberator-face","this-poster-is-a-skeleton","4chan-party-van","an-hero"],"popularityRank":2397,"license":"Meme images and history: templates, screenshots, photos and fan edits, many of copyrighted material or real people. Explicit and offensive memes and images are included and flagged nsfw. Check you have the right to use an image before publishing."}