“The advertisement objectifies women,” said Sweden’s advertising ombudsman about an ad that used the distracted boyfriend meme A stock photo of a distracted boyfriend turning away from his annoyed ...

If you’ve spent any time on the internet over the past year or so, you’ve probably come across the “distracted boyfriend” meme, a humorous appropriation of a stock photo, that a Swedish court recently ...

How did anyone ever express themselves before the "distracted boyfriend" meme — the internet's favourite way to convey disloyalty, longing, disapproval, and jealousy all at once? Now, advertising ...

The stock image called “Man Looking at Other Woman” by photographer Antonio Guillem was named meme of the year and was one of the most widely shared memes in 2017. But now, the meme, which is better ...

The latest such accidental Distracted Boyfriend meme comes to us from the “bi irl” subreddit, where the following wedding photo outtake appeared over the weekend. In the photo, a newly married couple ...

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While Perri doesn’t appear to be the originator of the meme based on her “who did this” caption, the post has gone viral with, at the time of this article’s writing, over 14,000 retweets and more than ...

After Reddit user minarosli took a snapshot of her brown husky at the dog park and posted it on Reddit on Monday, the photo was hailed as the official dog version of the distracted boyfriend meme. “I ...

One of the most popular memes of recent times is sexist, according to Sweden's advertising watchdog. A Swedish Internet company named Banhof jumped on the bandwagon by sharing the viral "distracted ...

A stock photo of a distracted boyfriend turning away from his annoyed girlfriend to stare after another woman was turned into a wildly popular meme—and Sweden‘s advertising court found the meme is ...

It’s been used to dissect trends in popular culture, wade into political disputes and comment on the fickle nature of human relationships, but the popular “distracted boyfriend” meme is sexist, the ...