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ENTRY No. 079 / FORMATS / 2017

Distracted Boyfriend

Three people, three labels, one very old kind of joke.

The origin

A stock photograph by Spanish photographer Antonio Guillem shows a man turning to look at a passing woman while his partner reacts.

How it spread

Labelling each of the three figures turned it into a universal comparison template, and it went fully viral in August 2017.

What it means

The clearest example of the labelled-figures format: the picture supplies the relationship, you supply the subject.

Follow the source

Short editorial summary written by Random Access Memes from the sources above; the wording is ours, not theirs. Every link was checked for a live response on September 13, 2026.

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