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|u/Mictlantecuhtli - 10 hours
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|https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/seal-of-approval


  |u/subtledeception - 10 hours
  |
  |Username does, in fact, check out.


    |u/De5perad0 - 9 hours
    |
    |Careful. He's a hero.


      |u/SirRipOliver - 8 hours
      |
      |Legend, be respectful.


        |u/Mictlantecuhtli - 8 hours
        |
        |I'm just some dipshit from Chicago.


          |u/MehCheniti - 8 hours
          |
          |Can you sign my comment?


            |u/SirRipOliver - 8 hours
            |
            |Me too!!! Please sign mine!


              |u/DrPenisWrinkle - 7 hours
              |
              |Get me in the screenshot


                |u/CyberLykan - 7 hours
                |
                |I just want a pizza.


                  |u/Kittenkerchief - 6 hours
                  |
                  |Yeah, is Chicago pizza all that it’s cracked up to be?


                  |u/amaterasu_rebirth - 3 hours
                  |
                  |Sign my forehead instead!


                |u/RainaElf - 5 hours
                |
                |scoot over!


                |u/steveistheman88 - 5 hours
                |
                |One day, it’ll be legendary.


          |u/NSA_Chatbot - 6 hours
          |
          |    > yeah I know


          |u/_le_slap - 4 hours
          |
          |Sign my man tiddies pls


          |u/Druskell - 6 hours
          |
          |You can just say you are from Chicago.  /s


          |u/Least-Back-2666 - 5 hours
          |
          |Today you're maximus


          |u/PeppersHere - 3 hours
          |
          |Can you tell me to fuck myself? Need to have this as a back
          |pocket story for any time this meme pops up in the future.


          |u/Your_True_Nemesis - 1 hour
          |
          |You're a literal internet celebrity. You don't need to be
          |humble around us. Tell keyboard cat that we miss for us him
          |when you go to VIP heaven.


          |u/legshampoo - 40 minutes
          |
          |where does your fucked up name come from?


            |u/Mictlantecuhtli - 12 minutes
            |
            |Mexico


          |u/Seralth - 12 minutes
          |
          |mustard, ketchup or relish on your hotdog...?


          |u/black_orchad - 2 minutes
          |
          |Captain shaw?


      |u/MrMcBobJr_III - 5 hours
      |
      |Holy Reddit moment


    |u/salgat - 7 hours
    |
    |Looks like they didn't start the meme, but happened to bring it to
    |the attention of the person who made the first meme with the photo.


      |u/mandy009 - 5 hours
      |
      |he created one of the names for it and how it's used "this is the
      |most satisfied seal I've ever seen" 10/10 title. it's all in the
      |title.


  |u/That_Apathetic_Man - 5 hours
  |
  |Why wouldn't you just post your own link!?  [https://www.reddit.com/r/
  |pics/comments/2mgqgh/this\_is\_the\_most\_satisfied\_seal\_ive\_ever\_
  |seen/](https://www.reddit.com/r/pics/comments/2mgqgh/this_is_the_most_
  |satisfied_seal_ive_ever_seen/)


    |u/Bocchi_theGlock - 1 hour
    |
    |Because like 20% of reddit comments were cringe back then   See: the
    |first use in that thread being a friendzoned one. At least the
    |person that replied made neck beard jokes


      |u/Wallitron_Prime - 5 minutes
      |
      |God I miss that era of Reddit. The commenters were just as
      |insufferable, but they felt real.


      |u/griffindor11 - 40 minutes
      |
      |You weren't lying... It's funny to click on those accounts to see
      |whose still active


  |u/Kriegerian - 9 hours
  |
  |O7


    |u/Celestron5 - 6 hours
    |
    |O7


  |u/Farm-Alternative - 9 hours
  |
  |This post has Reddit's seal of approval


  |u/acekjd83 - 9 hours
  |
  |Someone otter recognize this man!


  |u/Notazerg - 9 hours
  |
  |I see that your sealing the deal


  |u/_ScubaDiver - 7 hours
  |
  |I feel privileged to be a small part of internet history. Well done
  |OP, sir!


  |u/psyonix - 7 hours
  |
  |Oh hey, this template is my [most updated
  |one!](https://www.reddit.com/r/AdviceAnimals/s/09wtEkzlDg)


  |u/Suyefuji - 9 hours
  |
  |I just realized that this is a seal and not a cat.


  |u/nickster182 - 8 hours
  |
  |Ahh I just realized you're the same user that posted about khipu in
  |the archeology sub! History news are the coolest!


  |u/Mission_Cloud4286 - 9 hours
  |
  |👑


  |u/GetsBetterAfterAFew - 7 hours
  |
  |Proof you get 3o mins of fame not 15.


  |u/SmegmaSupplier - 5 hours
  |
  |At least you’re humble about it.


    |u/uptheantinatalism - 4 hours
    |
    |I mean isn’t the guy who wrote the comment technically the creator
    |of the meme? All OP did was post the pic.


      |u/mazrr - 1 hour
      |
      | I'm with you. OP is just a repost of that 2007 image. Top comment
      |made the meme name.


    |u/lolweakbro - 2 hours
    |
    |Saddest "flex" I've seen in weeks.


  |u/omgitschriso - 7 hours
  |
  |Seems to me either the original photographer or the people who turned
  |it into a meme are the real heroes here.


    |u/zxcymn - 3 hours
    |
    |Yeah OP didn't do anything but post someone else's picture. The
    |original photographer gets OP's credit, and /u/boredengineer89 gets
    |credit for actually creating the meme.


      |u/solythe - 2 hours
      |
      |idk why i had to scroll this far, OP didnt do shit.


        |u/Financial_Fee1044 - 1 hour
        |
        |If he wouldn't have posted it on Reddit it wouldn't have been
        |picked up by the people who made it into a meme.


  |u/doctorlight01 - 8 hours
  |
  |Respect


  |u/ParsleyFun - 3 hours
  |
  |Looks to me like u/shijinn started the meme, not you. You submitted a
  |photo, but it was their joke.


  |u/DangKilla - 5 hours
  |
  |Nice, bro. I started r/holdmycosmo 10 years ago too. High five!  It's
  |nice to see how we've affected pop culture. I randomly hear it
  |sometimes in person, too


  |u/Barbed-Wire - 1 hour
  |
  |But you didn't start it as a meme? You just shared the photo. The
  |original uploader to Flickr, Rick van Duivenboden, has more claim than
  |you do.  And even then, it was u/boredengineer89 who made the first
  |meme version according to your link.  You're at best just the middle
  |man.


  |u/Kidchico - 7 hours
  |
  |Legend!!


  |u/MetalCrow9 - 6 hours
  |
  |That's one of those stories you can't tell people because they won't
  |believe you.


  |u/icaboesmhit - 4 hours
  |
  |That's awesome!


  |u/ckay1100 - 4 hours
  |
  |holy hell


  |u/DirectionStandard939 - 4 hours
  |
  |Username is Godsend, literally, for our Nahuatlahtolli roots


  |u/JolkB - 4 hours
  |
  |Holy shit


  |u/Background_Smile_800 - 4 hours
  |
  |Technically it's a macros... but hey have your moment 


  |u/Seaguard5 - 2 hours
  |
  |r/woahdude


  |u/ColbusMaximus - 1 hour
  |
  |Tis better to make a meme than to become one"  Machiavelli


  |u/barracuda415 - 1 hour
  |
  |Ah, a fellow meme creator! Mine is also still strong after 10 years,
  |though it was basically a commission for /u/austinisme247.
  |https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/sweating-jordan-peele


  |u/Ashatron - 47 minutes
  |
  |But you didn't create the meme at all... You just shared the photo,
  |that was actually taken by someone else.   u/boredengineer89 created
  |the meme as explained in the link.  So all you did was share someone
  |else's photo.


  |u/Optimal-Draft8879 - 23 minutes
  |
  |thats pretty cool right on man


|u/ajcpullcom - 10 hours
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|you’re the most satisfied redditor I’ve ever seen


  |u/speechlessunite - 8 hours
  |
  |I see what you did there


  |u/ResidentIwen - 8 hours
  |
  |My man playing meta games over here


  |u/Pun_Thread_Fail - 5 hours
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  |That's the redditor of approval


  |u/howmanydowehavehere - 2 hours
  |
  |it all comes full circle


  |u/Specific_Emphasis_21 - 6 hours
  |
  |WOW EPIC MEME ALERT! 


|u/Kill_4209 - 9 hours
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|Imagine if you earned internet royalty credits every time that was
|used?! You’d be internet wealthy beyond your wildest internet dreams.


  |u/De5perad0 - 9 hours
  |
  |Best I can do is reddit karma.


    |u/Kmartins - 5 hours
    |
    |Best I can do is tree fiddy.


  |u/vertigo1083 - 8 hours
  |
  |Don't let your memes be dreams.


    |u/Finsfan909 - 6 hours
    |
    |Just do it!


  |u/DJ_Clitoris - 6 hours
  |
  |He’s rich in theoretical dollars


  |u/EpidemicRage - 5 hours
  |
  |\*Rick Astley enters the chat


  |u/Fortune_Cat - 4 hours
  |
  |Some of the people in memes have sold them as nfts during the euphoria
  |for 6 to 7 figures in 2021


  |u/-Nicolai - 1 hour
  |
  |That’s exactly what I thought NFTs did when they first were
  |introduced. I didn’t imagine that they were literally useless.


|u/Justieflustie - 9 hours
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|Well, i'll be damaged, the seal was photographed at Texel? Nederlands
|zeehondje voor de win dus, nice


  |u/FauxReal - 9 hours
  |
  |Hehe, the term is usually, "well I'll be damned." But I like your
  |interpretation.


    |u/Justieflustie - 9 hours
    |
    |For fuck sake, stupid autocorrect.. i will keep it though


      |u/pupusa_monkey - 9 hours
      |
      |If it's any consolation, it's more accurate considering the state
      |of the world.


    |u/blackcatsneakattack - 7 hours
    |
    |Nah, I like “I’ll be damaged” way better lol


      |u/Real-Ad-9733 - 1 hour
      |
      |Totally using it lol


  |u/Xasf - 3 hours
  |
  |I know right? A true G E K O L O N I S E E R D moment!


|u/weristjonsnow - 9 hours
|
|Yeah that's gotta be kinda weird, come to think of it. Even weirder if
|you *are* the meme like some of the kids ones


  |u/AutoRot - 6 hours
  |
  |Success kid is 35 and has a mortgage. What have you done?


    |u/Pollvier - 6 hours
    |
    |I sat on the toilet to stare at memes because i wanted a change of
    |scenery


      |u/eepos96 - 5 minutes
      |
      |Poetic  Why do you use phone on toilet. Want to change the
      |scenery.


  |u/SAGNUTZ - 4 hours
  |
  |I really like the updates of them grown up recreating the meme


|u/chemistry_teacher - 9 hours
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|Good on you OP!!  My greatest contribution to the Interwebs was when I
|suggested to the /r/chess mods 14-15 years ago that spoiler text
|blackout should be an option so that curious players can puzzle through
|without learning the solution by mistake. They implemented it
|immediately and it became standard in a matter of days.


  |u/Fusionism - 8 hours
  |
  |Hey good on you too! I've perused r/chess and seen your contribution
  |in action many times and thought it was neat and a good idea for
  |people that want to do the puzzles.


    |u/chemistry_teacher - 7 hours
    |
    |Thanks!! Those early subreddit days were such a wild frontier. It
    |felt like we were all in on a fun ride together!


|u/rokuju_ - 9 hours
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|Someone had to do it. Congratulations!


  |u/DrillWormBazookaMan - 9 hours
  |
  |It had to be him. Someone else might have gotten it wrong.


    |u/sidewalkbutts - 9 hours
    |
    |Didn’t expect to be crying over Mordin again in a random thread, but
    |here we are. Thanks a lot.


    |u/lonely_nipple - 7 hours
    |
    |Noooooooooo


  |u/jettisonrec - 9 hours
  |
  |This dude satisfies himself or herself


|u/ptear - 9 hours
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|Finally the proper use. OP, thank you for using this meme properly.


  |u/PM_ME_YOUR_MOMS_BONG - 9 hours
  |
  |I mean I would hope they would. Since ya know. They posted the
  |original picture and all.


    |u/polish-rockstar - 5 hours
    |
    |r/whoosh


  |u/ZachRyder - 6 hours
  |
  |Do not cite the deep magic to OP, Redditor! They were there when it
  |was written.


|u/lonelyinbama - 9 hours
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|I’ve been around this place long enough to remember when it he appeared.
|Damn I’m getting old…. And I need to get off Reddit


|u/woundg - 9 hours
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|r/bestofreddit


|u/Unicorn_Sparkles23 - 9 hours
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|10 years to the day! Thats awesome! Congrats dude!


|u/asdf_qwerty27 - 9 hours
|
|Dang. Internet history and an internet celebrity.   What inspired you to
|make this template?


|u/FunctionBuilt - 8 hours
|
|I’ve seen my photoshopped image that made it to the front page a couple
|years ago in ads and reposted a bunch. It’s kinda like that.
|https://www.reddit.com/r/pics/s/ddpcJPZ3nb


|u/pupbuck1 - 8 hours
|
|I'm the one that originally started saying what in the Kentucky fried
|fuck and I still see it used every here and there...it's always a small
|tinge of pride lol


|u/ssovm - 9 hours
|
|Coincidentally just a few days ago I played What Do You Meme with some
|friends and this card came up and it brought me back to when I first saw
|your post with this meme!


|u/CodeBlue_04 - 9 hours
|
|Fair play. Well done!


|u/queenswake - 8 hours
|
|I remember when each of these came out. And each one seemed so perfect
|and needed.


|u/FizzlePopBerryTwist - 3 hours
|
|Just the other day I saw that "Hail Mary, Full of Grace, Punch (that
|Satan / the Devil) in the face" meme and it has evolved into new amazing
|forms far beyond my original version. :)  All those Rainbow Dash
|saluting various flags, those keep going too.


|u/saanity - 1 hour
|
|As the guy who posted sad Affleck and made it explode on Reddit, same.


|u/brmarcum - 9 hours
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|And I can’t post a meme on this sub in response. What a colossal waste.
|But kudos OP. It’s one of my favorite memes. 🍻


|u/Bubbly-Example-8097 - 9 hours
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|Congratulations! 🍾 you’ve got my “seal of approval” badum tsss


|u/TheKingOfBerries - 6 hours
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|Ehhhhhhh… idk, I’d credit the first person who actually made the meme,
|not the person who brought attention to the image.


|u/PsychoticPeacock - 9 hours
|
|Thank you for your service


|u/KTaylorMitchell - 8 hours
|
|Wait till folks fully grasp the fact that you can make INSANE profits
|off of their favorite memes


|u/Superheroesaregreat - 7 hours
|
|Honestly feels like the meme is even older like 2012 or 2010. It’s such
|a classic. Thanks op!


|u/justforkinks0131 - 7 hours
|
|Man I think this is the worst possible way to cash in on this clout. You
|arent even getting much Karma out of it lmao.


|u/DirkSwizzler - 7 hours
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|Nice


|u/Adrian12094 - 7 hours
|
|holy shit


|u/Canadiancurtiebirdy - 7 hours
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|History, go down in, you will


|u/averageoracle - 7 hours
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|I didn’t


|u/Cereborn - 7 hours
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|Are you sad that the meme became known as Satisaction Seal instead of
|Seal of Approval?


|u/Bleezy79 - 7 hours
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|Honestly, it feels like 20 years ago.  lol


|u/Corndawgz - 7 hours
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|Damn respect bro


|u/pee_shudder - 7 hours
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|Crazy


|u/Next_Branch7875 - 7 hours
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|u/boredengineer89


|u/whirlydoodle_ - 6 hours
|
|10 years is pretty epic in terms of Internet timeframe haha. I always
|liked this one!    In a small way I can relate. One of my pieces of art
|randomly became a meme, It's definitely surreal . Mine is more niche but
|I still see it in the wild 2 years later, and my friends keep sending it
|to me when they find it


|u/fiqar - 6 hours
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|Damn, it's been 10 years already?


|u/AddendumWilling1571 - 6 hours
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|If only you knew...


|u/presidentiallogin - 6 hours
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|You better resubmit this and change meme to image macro.


|u/Aprilias - 5 hours
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|Not the hero we deserve, but the hero we need


|u/Jecht-Blade - 5 hours
|
|Thank you op. My personal favorite one is the classic "when you fart and
|it itches your butthole"


|u/the_dead_icarus - 4 hours
|
|Still blows my mind that my pic of Smooch and the plasma ball is doing
|the rounds on social media 10 years later. I love getting tagged in
|posts and laughing at the comments that follow. It feels good huh?


|u/Glory2Snowstar - 4 hours
|
|Absolutely iconic photograph, marine bio-approved!   I’d imagine you
|have quite the soft spot for seals, yeah? Did it come before or after
|the meme you made blew up?


|u/Responsible-Draft430 - 4 hours
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|I think I started this meme, because I remember going through my video
|of Red October to post it with this caption back on fark. Those were the
|days: [https://i.pinimg.com/736x/bb/b2/bf/bbb2bf93665f216c66d4cbddf60b23
|32.jpg](https://i.pinimg.com/736x/bb/b2/bf/bbb2bf93665f216c66d4cbddf60b2
|332.jpg)


|u/SAGNUTZ - 4 hours
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|Hey, its dat boi!


|u/Calebh36 - 3 hours
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|o7


|u/Asikaathegamer - 3 hours
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|This is the first time I've seen this and I've used Reddit since the
|Skyrim memes


|u/TOMC_throwaway000000 - 3 hours
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|Usually something like this would have me saying “holy shit I feel old”
|but honestly, I’d figured the satisfied seal had been around longer, I
|don’t feel too bad about my age now


|u/alpackabackapacka - 3 hours
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|Midwest Seal of Approval


|u/noimprest - 3 hours
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|My work colleague made the Mike Sully meme


|u/Thereminz - 3 hours
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|for some reason i'm credited with one but, i feel like i somehow saw it
|before and just made one of em, maybe it was the first one that blew up
|more to be documented.... so i got that goin for me, which is nice


|u/Seaguard5 - 2 hours
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|Congratulations! You have done well for the community


|u/Mark1arMark1ar - 1 hour
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|I stand in the presence of greatness.    Ok, let’s be real. I chill on
|the couch under a blanket in the presence of greatness.


|u/WholeWideWorld - 1 hour
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|I too hope to one day leave a lasting legacy on this earth.


|u/Gone_cognito - 58 minutes
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|Woah


|u/PKMNTrainerMark - 53 minutes
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|I mean, personally, I feel like I haven't seen this seal in quite a
|while.


|u/D3ltaN1ne - 52 minutes
|
|Around 2006-2007, I made a fractal wallpaper in Apophysis and Photoshop,
|posted it online in obscure places, deleted it a year or two later, and
|forgot about it until I randomly found it on a wallpaper website last
|year. It had like 100 downloads that month.


|u/CG1991 - 46 minutes
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|I literally thought this was a cat. I am dumb


|u/Powerful_Hyena8 - 32 minutes
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|Never seen it never will use it


|u/AffectionateBug1993 - 19 minutes
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|You’re doing the lords work!


|u/RedditJumpedTheShart - 7 minutes
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|Congratulations on using someone else's picture.


|u/Rhayader72 - 9 hours
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|Nice job.  Don’t hurt your shoulder. 😉


|u/Can_Haz_Cheezburger - 9 hours
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|Carefully, he's a hero


|u/MalinaFashionista - 9 hours
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|Same vibes with starting a new slang


|u/ifelldownlol - 5 hours
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|Yeah but did you get paid for it?


|u/FoI2dFocus - 9 hours
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|Bow down.


|u/OneProAmateur - 3 hours
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|You used the words "Internet" and "culture" in the same sentence as if
|they almost go together.


|u/PopBackground928 - 9 hours
|
|But it sure must be lonely as well.


|u/ilikewc3 - 9 hours
|
|The most satisfying part about this is the lack of political whining.