In the talk, Arato discusses the story of his life as a "meme-hero," as well as his career as an electrical engineer in Ukraine. His story begins with a vacation in Turkey, where a photograph of him was taken.

After uploading the photograph to Facebook, a professional photographer contacted Arato regarding modeling, inviting him to a trial shooting.

Both were happy with the results and continue to work together, resulting in a "couple hundred" stock photographs.

Several months later, Arato began finding the photographs used in a variety of other contexts, outside of the stock photographs he agreed to.

While he considered taking action, he says, Arato decided there was not much he could do. There was "no solution--only a temporary solution.

In the remainder of the speech, Arato discusses how he began to accept his meme celebrity and his embracing of the notoriety, establishing a homepage for the photographs.

On June 25th, , the presentation was uploaded to YouTube. The post received more than , views in three days shown below.

In the interview, he shared his backstory alongside detailed information about how the stock photos became memes and how he ultimately learned to embrace the persona of "Hide the Pain Harold.

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Click to change. More Options Add Text. Note: font can be customized per-textbox by clicking the gear icon. The photographer who took the stock photos asked him to smile.

Many users saw his smile as fake, masking sorrow, hence the name "Hide the Pain Harold". In the photos, he stated he got tired of smiling too much.

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