# Hamburger Straws Hamburger Straws is a photo fad in which someone sticks a plastic straw through a fast food hamburger and into a soda cup below, so burger and drink share one piece of plastic. The gag spread on Japanese Instagram in July 2017 after a similar doughnut and iced coffee setup made the rounds in late 2016. By July 24, English-language outlets including Kotaku and Eater had written it up[1]. ## Origin Before hamburgers, a related photo fad in Japan paired a glazed doughnut with an iced coffee through a single straw. On November 19, 2016, Instagram account dumbodc posted a doughnut version of the gag[5], which Know Your Meme flagged as evidence the setup was already growing in Japan in late 2016[4]. The earliest known hamburger recreation came on July 16, 2017, from Instagram user oym_, who speared a wrapped burger with a straw that reached into a soft drink below[3]. That post sat at around 120 likes when it was documented[4]. - **Platform:** Instagram (Japan) / 2channel (viral spread) - **Creator:** Unknown (earliest known hamburger post by Instagram user oym_) - **Date:** 2017 ## Overview Posters usually shot the burger from the side so the straw ran vertically through the bun, the patty and the lid of a soft drink cup underneath. McDonald's cups and burgers appear in many Japanese examples, because the chain's medium drink and standard burger fit the vertical stack well[1]. The arrangement is almost impossible to eat, since biting around the straw would open a leak in the cup, so the point was always the still life rather than lunch. Western writers who covered the stunt treated it as a visual gag with no caption or message attached, and the NY Mag Select All writer who tried it at a Manhattan McDonald's reported feeling "dumb" doing it[2]. ## How to Use A typical hamburger straw photo starts with a wrapped fast food burger set on top of a soft drink cup, straw already fitted into the lid. The straw is driven straight down through the top bun and patty until it rests inside the cup, then photographed from the side so the full vertical line of the straw is visible[2]. Posters often use McDonald's packaging because the medium cup width matches a standard sandwich footprint. ## Frequently Asked Questions ### What is Hamburger Straws? A Japanese photo fad where a plastic straw runs through a fast food hamburger and into a soda cup below, so burger and drink share one straw[1]. ### Where did Hamburger Straws come from? The gag grew on Japanese Instagram in 2017, following an earlier doughnut and iced coffee version seen on Instagram account dumbodc in November 2016[5]. The earliest known hamburger example was posted by user oym_ on July 16, 2017[3]. ### What does Hamburger Straws mean? It carries no caption or wordplay. The photo is the whole joke, a visual stunt without any attached message[1][2]. ### How do you use Hamburger Straws? Set a wrapped burger on a soda cup, run a straw straight down through the bun and patty into the drink, and shoot the stack from the side so the straw is visible[2]. ### Is Hamburger Straws still popular? No. Coverage was concentrated in July 2017, and the fad faded after that week of English-language articles[1][4]. ## References 1. [https://www.eater.com/2017/7/25/16025092/hamburger-straws-mcdonalds-japan]() 2. [http://nymag.com/selectall/2017/07/i-tried-this-dumb-hamburger-meme-in-a-mcdonalds.html]() 3. [https://www.instagram.com/p/BWmy8GJgUiN/]() 4. [https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/hamburger-straws]() 5. [https://www.instagram.com/p/BNA8qSPDpPL/]() 6. [http://viper.2ch.sc/test/read.cgi/news4vip/1500834848]() 7. [http://mashable.com/2017/07/24/hambuger-straws-japan-trend/#2Lh72D.oPOqH]() --- Source: https://meme.com/memes/hamburger-straws Published by meme.com — The Internet Meme Library