# Oof Stones Oof Stones, also known as Stones Saying "Oof," is a reaction image showing clusters of sandblasted stones carved with pursed-lip faces that look like they are collectively groaning. Chicago-area studio Silver Stone Handcrafted listed the sculptures in April 2018, but the photos did not turn into reaction material until December 2019, when a 9GAG commenter posted them under a video of a dog falling down stairs. By early February 2020, Reddit versions were getting roughly 75,000 upvotes on r/dankmemes. ## Origin Both photographs come from Silver Stone Handcrafted, an art studio near Chicago that added its "Wearable Sculpture~Sandblasted Stones" collection to its website on April 4, 2018[1]. Each face is unique and sold individually, and by February 2020 one of the most recognizable stones in the meme had already been purchased[3]. On December 8, 2019, 9GAG user deevodrift commented on a post titled "Gotta go fast," which showed a dog miscalculating a flight of stairs, by replying with the Mixed Group #10 photo. That reply got over 500 points and sent other users looking for more stone-face images[3]. - **Platform:** Silver Stone Handcrafted (source artwork) / 9GAG (viral spread) - **Creator:** Unknown - **Date:** 2019 ## Overview Fourteen combinations of the stone faces exist across the Silver Stone Handcrafted sandblasted collection, though Mixed Group #7 and Mixed Group #10 do most of the reaction work online[1]. Each cluster shows anywhere from four to seven oval stones with small carved mouths puckered inward, which reads as the whole group letting out a synchronized "oof" at whatever caption sits above them[3]. Oof Stones work by pairing a top caption describing something painful, awkward or regrettable with the faces supplying the collective groan below. Common versions cast the stones as a stand-in audience, including construction workers reacting to a passerby[5] or a chorus of commenters replying to a selfie. ## How to Use Captions typically go above the stones and describe something embarrassing, injurious or cringe-inducing, with the pursed-lip faces supplying the collective groan. A common convention is to cast the group as judges, bystanders or an in-group reacting to an out-group, as in u/senor_pumpkin's catcalling-construction-workers edit that went to r/memes[5]. ## Frequently Asked Questions ### What is Oof Stones? Oof Stones is a reaction image showing groups of sandblasted stones with carved pursed-lip faces that look like they are collectively saying "oof"[3]. ### Where did Oof Stones come from? The two photos were posted by Chicago-area art studio Silver Stone Handcrafted in April 2018[1], then turned into a reaction image in 9GAG comment threads starting on December 8, 2019[3]. ### What does Oof Stones mean? The image signals a collective wince or groan at a caption above it, usually something painful, awkward or regrettable[5]. ### How do you use Oof Stones? Put a top caption describing the cringe moment and place the stone-face photo below as the reaction, or cast the stones as a reacting audience like bystanders or construction workers[6]. ### Is Oof Stones still popular? Oof Stones peaked in early February 2020 with viral Reddit posts on r/dankmemes and r/memes[3][5] and has stayed in rotation as a classic sandblasted-stones reaction image. ## References 1. [https://www.silverstonehandcrafted.com/sandblasted-stones]() 2. [https://x.com/i/status/1223237872297431041]() 3. [https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/oof-stones]() 4. [https://9gag.com/gag/ax737oK]() 5. [https://www.reddit.com/r/memes/comments/exl7nt/hey_sexy/]() 6. [https://www.reddit.com/r/MemeTemplatesOfficial/comments/exofqf/stones_saying_oof/]() 7. [https://danktoday.tumblr.com/post/190598031940/it-do-be-like-that-by-drmatematike-more-memes]() --- Source: https://meme.com/memes/oof-stones Published by meme.com — The Internet Meme Library