Scumbag Steve
Use to describe inconsiderate, freeloading, or opportunistic behavior. Perfect for bad roommate stories, selfish friend actions, or anyone who takes advantage. The humor is in the specificity of relatable jerk behavior.
Dimensions: 500 × 500px
Format: Image of Blake Boston with text describing scumbag behavior: borrowing without returning, bad roommate actions, mooching, or generally selfish jerk moves.
📖 Origin Story
Source: Album cover photo for Beantown Mafia's "Ma Gangsta"
Creator: Photo of Blake Boston taken by his mother
First appeared: Posted to Reddit on January 21, 2011, reaching frontpage with 8,607 upvotes. Image shows Blake Boston in baggy clothes with sideways fitted cap, perfect for representing an opportunistic jerk.
Became one of the most popular advice animals of 2011-2012. Blake Boston (Weezy B) was identified and embraced the meme, doing interviews and releasing rap music. The sideways hat alone became a meme symbol (Scumbag Hat). Extremely popular on Reddit's r/trees.
🎯 How to Use This Template
Use to describe inconsiderate, freeloading, or opportunistic behavior. Perfect for bad roommate stories, selfish friend actions, or anyone who takes advantage. The humor is in the specificity of relatable jerk behavior.
Pro Tips:
- 💡Captions should be specific scumbag actions, not just "is a jerk"
- 💡Very popular for weed/smoking etiquette violations
- 💡Works for roommate, friend, coworker, or general social violations
- 💡The more specific and relatable, the better
😂 Example Ideas
Classic scumbag move of returning borrowed items in worse condition
Mooching in smoking circles - very popular on r/trees
Not repaying borrowed money and dodging the lender
💡 Did You Know?
- •Blake Boston embraced the meme and became a rapper
- •His mother took the original photo for his rap group's album
- •The hat style became "Scumbag Hat" - a meme symbol on its own
- •Blake did a Reddit AMA and was generally good-natured about it
- •Quickmeme had 73,815 Scumbag Steve submissions by 2012
- •He wrote an open letter to Annoying Facebook Girl about dealing with meme fame
