Doctor Harold Meme Generator
"How much do you drink in a week?" You halve it. He doubles it. You both know.
You read about your symptoms online before the appointment. You came in ready to discuss a tropical disease. It's a cold.
"This won't hurt a bit" is said by the one person in the room it won't hurt.
The appointment is in eleven weeks. The waiting room is still running forty minutes late.
Why it caught on: the stock photos of András Arató, a retired Hungarian electrical engineer, reached forums in 2011, where people named him Harold for the pain behind the smile. The same photographer also cast him as a doctor, and a doctor who smiles like that is a doctor about to give you news.