# Diogenes Posting Diogenes Posting is the internet practice of writing greentext stories and philosopher-panel memes about Ancient Greek Cynic Diogenes of Sinope, casting him as the original shitposter of Western thought. It started on 4chan's /his/ board in October 2015 and jumped to Tumblr and Reddit through 2016 into 2018, powered by real anecdotes like the plucked-chicken argument and the Alexander sunlight line. ## Overview Diogenes Posting is the practice of building greentext stories and philosopher-panel memes around the Ancient Greek Cynic Diogenes of Sinope, staged as if his real biographical anecdotes were proto-4chan shitposts. The most recycled bit is the "Behold the Man" argument, where Diogenes plucked a chicken and dropped it in Plato's Academy to refute Plato's definition of a human as a "featherless biped"[1]. In captioned philosopher panels he is drawn as the "chad" answer opposite a "virgin" Plato, with posters picking a real Diogenes story or dropping him into panels where he answers a modern debate with the bluntest, most obscene reply. The character owes his meme popularity to a mix of genuine ancient bite and the /his/ tradition of naming historical figures as "based" or "the original shitposter"[3]. ## How It Spread The bit jumped off 4chan in 2016 via Tumblr. On October 1, 2016, user librarianarchy retold the "Behold the Man" story in a short post that gathered more than 205,000 notes over the following two and a half years. On January 5, 2017, user nonlinear-nonsubjective replied to a Tumblr thread arguing that a coconut could count as a mammal by dropping the plucked-chicken anecdote, and that reply rolled past 491,000 notes[1]. Both posts were reposted to Reddit soon after. By August 2018 the philosopher-panel format took off on r/animemes, where Plato, Aristotle and Diogenes gave takes on divisive topics and Diogenes was usually drawn as the weeaboo of the three[3]. Explainer videos on YouTube also fed the trend, including a well-viewed Sam O'Nella Academy clip on the philosopher that handed newcomers the source anecdotes[2]. ## How to Use Posters typically pick a real Diogenes story, like the plucked chicken or telling Alexander the Great to stop blocking his sunlight, and stage it as a greentext or a labelled philosopher panel. A common convention is drawing him as the "chad" or the weeaboo opposite a "virgin" Plato and having him answer a modern discourse question with the bluntest, most obscene reply[1]. ## Frequently Asked Questions ### What is Diogenes Posting? Greentext stories and philosopher-panel memes that cast the Ancient Greek Cynic Diogenes as an internet-era shitposter, often built around his real anecdotes such as the "Behold the Man" chicken argument against Plato[1]. ### Where did Diogenes Posting come from? It began as 4chan /his/ greentexts in 2015 and reached wider audiences via viral Tumblr posts in 2016 and 2017 that retold Diogenes' anecdotes such as the plucked-chicken argument against Plato[1]. ### What does Diogenes Posting mean? It treats Diogenes' real biographical stories, like him plucking a chicken to refute Plato's definition of a human as a "featherless biped," as proto-shitposts and jokes about him as the original online troll[1]. ### How do you use Diogenes Posting? Take a Diogenes anecdote, such as the plucked-chicken retort to Plato's "featherless biped," and stage it as a greentext or as a philosopher-panel meme opposite Plato and Aristotle[1]. ### Is Diogenes Posting still popular? It settled into a classic 4chan /his/ and philosophy-meme staple, and YouTube explainers like the Sam O'Nella Academy Diogenes clip still introduce new viewers to the source anecdotes[2]. ## References 1. [https://bemusedlybespectacled.tumblr.com/post/155460369756/nonlinear-nonsubjective-sonneillonv]() 2. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d7aWla3cwNg]() 3. [https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/diogenes-posting]() --- Source: https://meme.com/memes/diogenes-posting Published by meme.com — The Internet Meme Library