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When you agree with an extremely downvoted unpopular take

This single-panel meme features a photograph of a silverback gorilla sitting in an indoor enclosure, resting its chin on one hand with a thoughtful, slightly conflicted contemplative facial expression. White overlaid text on the gorilla's torso reads "When you agree with OPs hot take but he's - 10,498 votes and going". The humor derives from the relatable online experience of secretly agreeing with a highly unpopular opinion posted by an Original Poster (OP) that has received an overwhelmingly large number of downvotes, leaving the viewer conflicted about supporting a take that most of the community strongly rejects.
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When you agree with OPs hot take but he's - 10,498 votes and going

Overview

This single-panel meme features a photograph of a silverback gorilla sitting in an indoor enclosure, resting its chin on one hand with a thoughtful, slightly conflicted contemplative facial expression. White overlaid text on the gorilla's torso reads "When you agree with OPs hot take but he's - 10,498 votes and going". The humor derives from the relatable online experience of secretly agreeing with a highly unpopular opinion posted by an Original Poster (OP) that has received an overwhelmingly large number of downvotes, leaving the viewer conflicted about supporting a take that most of the community strongly rejects.

Origin notes

This meme was sourced from an RSS feed of the Reddit Meme subreddit, with the original submitted title being "that could have been me...". It uses the widely popular "thinking gorilla" reaction photo, a commonly used meme template for moments of contemplation or internal conflict, paired with context specific to Reddit's upvote/downvote system where negative point totals indicate a post is widely disliked by the community.

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