Memes have become a way of communication, pointing out social and political issues and raising awareness in today’s world. Now, amongst all the meme pictures, there are some classic ones from the early days of the internet that never got old. One of these classic meme pictures is of the “success kid” baby with the closed fist and an “oh yeah!” expression. So, this is the story of that kid and how the melebrity (meme celebrity!) life treated him and his family over the past decade.
So, it all started when Sam went to the beach with his parents and his mom clicked a picture of him while he was apparently eating sand with that golden expression (picture below).
The First Flight…And The Success
So, in 2008, the picture of Sam started to spread around the internet as various versions of a meme. Now, as memes often convey a negative thought or mock some group of people or someone, Sam’s dad did not want to associate any negative statement with his baby boy’s picture.
So, the family started a fundraiser and as soon people came to know that it was the father of the “Success Kid” baby, donations started to flow in. And within a month, the fundraiser surpassed its goal and Sam’s father was able to get a new kidney.
