My neighbor's kid accidentally became a meme and now he's on a cereal box

Three years ago, his mom posted a video of him trying to eat a whole pickle in one bite and making a hilarious face. It got shared by a big food account and blew up overnight. Last month, a cereal company saw the clip and asked to use his face on their new 'Sour Power' box. He just got the first box in the mail yesterday and brought it over to show us. Has anyone else known someone whose life got weirdly changed by a random video?

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wilson.sam15d ago

Know a guy who went viral for falling off a skateboard in a dinosaur costume. He got like fifteen seconds of fame and a free t-shirt from a weird online store. My biggest claim to internet fame is a photo of me sneezing so hard I knocked over a drink at a wedding. It got seven likes, and my aunt still brings it up every Thanksgiving. Makes you wonder what the bar is for getting a cereal box deal, right?

jana_fox5012d ago

Forget the cereal box deal, @wilson.sam, that free t-shirt is the real prize. Your aunt holding onto that sneeze photo for years proves the bar is just making someone laugh, even once. The internet's memory is short, but family never lets you forget.

caleb26215d ago

Seems like a pretty sweet deal for the kid. Getting paid for a funny face you made years ago beats most real jobs. The bar is just being lucky and having the right face at the right time.