Confession Bear Meme Generator
A Malayan sun bear resting its paws on a log, looking off to the side with a guilty expression. The photo was uploaded to Getty Images in 2007. In the summer of 2012 a Reddit user posted it to r/AdviceAnimals as "Confession Bear", and it spread fast.
The bear seems to be about to tell you something. It is. You won't like it, but you'll recognise it.
Captions are anonymous admissions, almost always starting with "I". "I don't actually like coffee" / "I just like holding a warm cup." "I pretend to text" / "so I don't have to talk to people in the lift." "I've never seen Star Wars" / "and at this point I'm too afraid to say so."
Some go darker, and the internet takes them very seriously indeed; most are the small sins of daily life. The bear's face says the confession costs something, which makes the reader feel forgiving - or quietly relieved.
Why it caught on: people wanted to confess, and the bear gave them a place to do it without a name attached.
Best Confession Bear posts
- I Always assume people on the internet are male / unless they specify otherwise
- I'm a guy / and I don't care about football
- I Think Good Guy greg / Looks like a scumbag
- I don't think this bear / looks like he's confessing
- i often fantasise about having arguments with other people / in my head
- AFter i download a torrent / i never seed
- I have to sing the alphabet / to know what letter comes next
- sometimes before i masturbate i wish that i have a gf / but when i am done i am happy that i don't
- It bothers me when bad things happen to good people. / it bothers me more when good things happen to bad people.
- I'm 20 / And i still pick my nose
- i'm a girl / And i hate shopping
- It's kind of sad when one of the characters in an anime die / but i am freaking exaited of that because I want to see the main character's wrath
- I downvote every post / that uses the word "Le"
- if i wouldn't go to jail for it / I'd beat my childhood bullies to death
- ACTUALLY / I LIKE RAIN
- A female friend had her nose broken by her ex. / I drove 250 Km and threw him down 3 flights of stairs. he broke 12 bones including an arm and leg. Best thing i've ever done.
- IF YOU'RE A VEGETaRIAN / I automatically assume you're a pretentious tool
- I only feel confident talking to girls / if they're ugly
- I don't feel bad / about Illegally torrenting music and movies
- i find autocorrect posts / fake and lame