People Who Thank the Bus Driver is an internet meme.
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Description[]
People Who Thank the Bus Driver refers to a character depicted as the best of humanity in various meme templates.
History[]
Origin[]
On June 16th, 2018, Redditor zenerations posted a joke to /r/dankmemes featuring two coffins labeled "successful people" and "unsuccessful people" and a lavish Egyptian tomb labeled "People who say thanks to the bus driver when they get off." The post gained over 42,000 points.
Spread[]
In the course of the next few hours, the post was reposted to /r/MemeEconomy where it gained over 12,000 points and to /r/WholesomeMemes, where it gained over 73 points. Other jokes with the character began appearing on /r/dankmemes. Some popular examples include a post by Dtyrell88 that gained over 11,000 points and a post by PutinPie that gained over 11,000 points.
The meme continued trending on /r/dankmemes the following day. Another popular post by Dtyrell88 gained over 4,000 points. Another by retarded_bandicoot gained over 1,200 points. A thread about the surge of the jokes gained over 3,600 points on /r/OutOfTheLoop.
