The native form of this personal name is Arató András István. This article uses Western name order when mentioning individuals.
Hide the Pain Harold is an Internet meme based on a series of stock photos from András István Arató[1] (born 11 July 1945), who is a Hungarian retired electrical engineer[2] and model. In 2011, he became the subject of the meme due to his overall facial expression and seemingly fake smile.[3][4][5] Arató has been in and out of the stock photo and advertisement industry as a model since disclosing his identity. He took up travelling to Turkey and Russia for recreational purposes and kept a blog about his life and travels. The photos associated with such travels are said to be the cause of Arató's fame. While vacationing in Turkey, Arató decided to upload personal vacation photos onto social media site iWiW, which were noticed by a photographer.[4][6]
András Arató
The stock image of András Arató which became a meme.
Born in 1945 in Kőszeg, András Arató was raised in the era of the Iron Curtain.[2] He has stated that a major part of his childhood was a gargantuan chestnut tree growing in his hometown.[7] He would reminisce about it as if it were a tree of wisdom in his town as many do of landmarks in their own lives. Not much else is currently known about Arató's teenage and pre-university years. In 1969, Arató graduated from the Budapest University of Technology and Economics under the Faculty of Electrical Engineering.[8] After retirement, he worked as a DJ for a local radio station for five years.[9] In 2019, he became the advertising face for Coca-Cola in Hungary.[5] In 2020, Arató starred in the Hungarian edition of Masked Singer (known in Hungary as Álarcos énekes), broadcast on the TV station RTL Klub.[10] Arató lives in Budapest with his wife Gabriella and his son.
Internet memeEdit
External video
Waking up as a meme hero — András Arató @ TEDxKyiv
While Arató was on holiday, he was taking photos of his trip, uploading them to social media.[11] Not only his friends saw his photos, but also a professional photographer, who contacted him saying that he was seeking a model and offered him an invitation to a shoot. Arató accepted the offer and the photographer took some photos, which both he and Arató liked. He was invited for more shoots and over a hundred stock photos were made. He agreed for the photos to be used for this purpose, with the exception of photos of topics about politics, religion, and sex, as he felt those topics are sensitive to many people.
Arató later looked himself up on Google Images and saw photos of himself as a doctor, coming from a hospital's homepage. A few months after, he looked himself up again and discovered more photos, including one of his face pasted on all four faces of Mount Rushmore. These were the early stages of an Internet meme. The photographer who took the stock photos had asked him to smile, and many internet users perceived his smile as fake, masking sorrow, ultimately giving him the name "Hide the Pain Harold". Arató stated that during the photoshoot he became tired of smiling too much.[1][4][12][13][14]
At first, Arató was unhappy about people adding funny text to his photos, stating he was not really a "funny guy". Arató realised he did similar things while he was in school, like drawing on pictures in his course books of the Hungarian poet John Arany, making him look like a pirate. He stated that closing down a webpage would not really work, as the meme content could soon respawn, so after six years, he accepted his meme status. He hoped that everyone would forget about using his photos, but that did not happen. First, Internet users from the United States started posting photos of Arató, then the practice spread to Europe, and later on, the rest of the world.
An Internet user found out Arató's true identity and emailed him, stating that there were many users who believed that he was not a real living person. At first, Arató ignored the user's request, but after getting more emails with the same request, he agreed to upload a picture of himself on his Russian fanpage, holding a sign saying "Я ЖИВ" ("YA ZHIV", Russian for "I'M ALIVE"). After a few hours, the photo had been seen by over ten thousand users as well as the international media.
AwardsEdit
In 2002, Arató won the János Urbanek Prize.[15] The Hungarian Electrotechnical Association (MEE, short for the Hungarian Magyar Elektrotechnikai Egyesület) awards the János Urbanek Prize yearly, which is given to a member who, within the framework of the Association life, has an outstanding theoretical or practical activity in the field of lighting technology.[16]
In 2010, he won the Déri Miksa Award from the MEE.[17]
^ ab"Hungarian TV Interview with Harold". Youtube. 1 March 2016.
^ ab"Kőszegen született, mémes világsztár lett belőle – Hide the Pain Harold". VAOL (in Hungarian). 18 October 2018. Retrieved 4 March 2020.
^"What it's like to become a stock photo meme". The Independent. 1 July 2017. Archived from the original on 7 May 2022. Retrieved 4 March 2020.
^ abcArató, András (September 2018). "Transcript of "Waking up as a meme hero | Andras Arato | TEDxKyiv"". www.ted.com. Retrieved 4 March 2020.
^ abonBRANDS (6 September 2019). "A COCA-COLA HAZAI REKLÁMARCA LETT HIDE THE PAIN HAROLD". ONBRANDS – ÉRTÉK ALAPON (in Hungarian). Retrieved 4 March 2020.
^László, Szily (1 March 2016). "Hogyan lett egy budapesti nyugdíjasból Hide The Pain Harold, a netes világsztár". 444 (in Hungarian). Retrieved 4 March 2020.
^Arandria (3 October 2012). "Mindennapi csalamádé: A kőszegi óriás gesztenyefa". Mindennapi csalamádé. Retrieved 4 March 2020.
^Dániel, Bóna Samu, Szilli Tamás, Lengyel-Szabó Péter, Simor (1 September 2019). "András, aki 72 évesen lett világsztár: Haroldként". index.hu (in Hungarian). Retrieved 5 March 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
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^Zrt, HVG Kiadó (8 March 2020). "Arató András, azaz Hide The Pain Harold volt az RTL Klub Szörnyecskéje". hvg.hu (in Hungarian). Retrieved 29 May 2020.
^Perrie, Stewart (11 March 2018). "Man Behind Hide Your Pain Harold Reveals He Was Devastated By The Memes". LADBible.
^Media, Deen (2 May 2018). "Behind the meme: Hide the pain Harold". Youtube.
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Gallery on Dreamstime
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Not to be confused with Andrew Arato The native form of this personal name is Arato Andras Istvan This article uses Western name order when mentioning individuals Hide the Pain Harold is an Internet meme based on a series of stock photos from Andras Istvan Arato 1 born 11 July 1945 who is a Hungarian retired electrical engineer 2 and model In 2011 he became the subject of the meme due to his overall facial expression and seemingly fake smile 3 4 5 Arato has been in and out of the stock photo and advertisement industry as a model since disclosing his identity He took up travelling to Turkey and Russia for recreational purposes and kept a blog about his life and travels The photos associated with such travels are said to be the cause of Arato s fame While vacationing in Turkey Arato decided to upload personal vacation photos onto social media site iWiW which were noticed by a photographer 4 6 Andras AratoThe stock image of Andras Arato which became a meme BornAndras Istvan Arato 1945 07 11 11 July 1945 age 78 Koszeg HungaryOther namesHide the Pain HaroldAlma materBudapest University of Technology and EconomicsKnown forInternet memeSpouseGabriella Andrasne AratoChildren1AwardsJanos Urbanek PrizeDeri Miksa AwardWebsitehidethepainharold wbr com Contents 1 Personal life 2 Internet meme 3 Awards 4 See also 5 References 6 External linksPersonal life EditBorn in 1945 in Koszeg Andras Arato was raised in the era of the Iron Curtain 2 He has stated that a major part of his childhood was a gargantuan chestnut tree growing in his hometown 7 He would reminisce about it as if it were a tree of wisdom in his town as many do of landmarks in their own lives Not much else is currently known about Arato s teenage and pre university years In 1969 Arato graduated from the Budapest University of Technology and Economics under the Faculty of Electrical Engineering 8 After retirement he worked as a DJ for a local radio station for five years 9 In 2019 he became the advertising face for Coca Cola in Hungary 5 In 2020 Arato starred in the Hungarian edition of Masked Singer known in Hungary as Alarcos enekes broadcast on the TV station RTL Klub 10 Arato lives in Budapest with his wife Gabriella and his son Internet meme EditExternal video nbsp Waking up as a meme hero Andras Arato TEDxKyivThis section of a biography of a living person needs additional citations for verification Please help by adding reliable sources Contentious material about living persons that is unsourced or poorly sourced must be removed immediately from the article and its talk page especially if potentially libelous Find sources Hide the Pain Harold news newspapers books scholar JSTOR June 2021 Learn how and when to remove this template message While Arato was on holiday he was taking photos of his trip uploading them to social media 11 Not only his friends saw his photos but also a professional photographer who contacted him saying that he was seeking a model and offered him an invitation to a shoot Arato accepted the offer and the photographer took some photos which both he and Arato liked He was invited for more shoots and over a hundred stock photos were made He agreed for the photos to be used for this purpose with the exception of photos of topics about politics religion and sex as he felt those topics are sensitive to many people Arato later looked himself up on Google Images and saw photos of himself as a doctor coming from a hospital s homepage A few months after he looked himself up again and discovered more photos including one of his face pasted on all four faces of Mount Rushmore These were the early stages of an Internet meme The photographer who took the stock photos had asked him to smile and many internet users perceived his smile as fake masking sorrow ultimately giving him the name Hide the Pain Harold Arato stated that during the photoshoot he became tired of smiling too much 1 4 12 13 14 At first Arato was unhappy about people adding funny text to his photos stating he was not really a funny guy Arato realised he did similar things while he was in school like drawing on pictures in his course books of the Hungarian poet John Arany making him look like a pirate He stated that closing down a webpage would not really work as the meme content could soon respawn so after six years he accepted his meme status He hoped that everyone would forget about using his photos but that did not happen First Internet users from the United States started posting photos of Arato then the practice spread to Europe and later on the rest of the world An Internet user found out Arato s true identity and emailed him stating that there were many users who believed that he was not a real living person At first Arato ignored the user s request but after getting more emails with the same request he agreed to upload a picture of himself on his Russian fanpage holding a sign saying Ya ZhIV YA ZHIV Russian for I M ALIVE After a few hours the photo had been seen by over ten thousand users as well as the international media Awards EditIn 2002 Arato won the Janos Urbanek Prize 15 The Hungarian Electrotechnical Association MEE short for the Hungarian Magyar Elektrotechnikai Egyesulet awards the Janos Urbanek Prize yearly which is given to a member who within the framework of the Association life has an outstanding theoretical or practical activity in the field of lighting technology 16 In 2010 he won the Deri Miksa Award from the MEE 17 See also EditHeartbreaking The Worst Person You Know Just Made A Great Point List of Internet phenomena List of HungariansReferences Edit a b Hungarian TV Interview with Harold Youtube 1 March 2016 a b Koszegen szuletett memes vilagsztar lett belole Hide the Pain Harold VAOL in Hungarian 18 October 2018 Retrieved 4 March 2020 What it s like to become a stock photo meme The Independent 1 July 2017 Archived from the original on 7 May 2022 Retrieved 4 March 2020 a b c Arato Andras September 2018 Transcript of Waking up as a meme hero Andras Arato TEDxKyiv www ted com Retrieved 4 March 2020 a b onBRANDS 6 September 2019 A COCA COLA HAZAI REKLAMARCA LETT HIDE THE PAIN HAROLD ONBRANDS ERTEK ALAPON in Hungarian Retrieved 4 March 2020 Laszlo Szily 1 March 2016 Hogyan lett egy budapesti nyugdijasbol Hide The Pain Harold a netes vilagsztar 444 in Hungarian Retrieved 4 March 2020 Arandria 3 October 2012 Mindennapi csalamade A koszegi orias gesztenyefa Mindennapi csalamade Retrieved 4 March 2020 Daniel Bona Samu Szilli Tamas Lengyel Szabo Peter Simor 1 September 2019 Andras aki 72 evesen lett vilagsztar Haroldkent index hu in Hungarian Retrieved 5 March 2020 a href Template Cite web html title Template Cite web cite web a CS1 maint multiple names authors list link Andras Arato TEDxKyiv2018 Retrieved 5 March 2020 Zrt HVG Kiado 8 March 2020 Arato Andras azaz Hide The Pain Harold volt az RTL Klub Szornyecskeje hvg hu in Hungarian Retrieved 29 May 2020 Perrie Stewart 11 March 2018 Man Behind Hide Your Pain Harold Reveals He Was Devastated By The Memes LADBible Media Deen 2 May 2018 Behind the meme Hide the pain Harold Youtube Waking up as a meme hero TEDx Kyiv TEDx Talk from Andras Arato YouTube Hide the pain Harold the Hungarian internet sensation Daily News Hungary 2 January 2018 Retrieved 30 May 2020 Arato Andras PIM Nevter PIM Nevter in Hungarian Retrieved 26 May 2020 A MEE dijai www mee hu Retrieved 26 May 2020 Magyar Elektrotechnikai Egyesulet PDF External links EditAndras Arato on Facebook Hide the Pain Harold on Facebook Andras Arato s Travel Blog Hide the Pain Harold Official Webpage Cloud 9 Hide the Pain Harold Official Music Video on YouTube Hide the Pain Harold aka Arato Andras The living meme on YouTube BuzzFeed I Accidentally Became A Meme Hide The Pain Harold on YouTube VTT winners Pollich Prize for Lighting Society Gallery on Dreamstime Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Hide the Pain Harold amp oldid 1177472010, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
