2014 / Meme / Creator-owned exploitable webcomic
Daily Struggle / Two Buttons
Two contradictory buttons turned indecision into a reusable visual sentence.
The original is hosted off-site; this page provides context and a link to it.
What was this?
A gloved hand hovers over the buttons while a visibly sweating character turns an obvious choice into a comic crisis.
Why it spread
After a February 2015 Imgur repost titled “Daily Struggle,” the comic became a broadly reusable template for hypocrisy, competing wants, and impossible choices.
What happened
A gloved hand hovers over the buttons while a visibly sweating character turns an obvious choice into a comic crisis.
Where it came from
Animator Jake Clark posted the original two-panel comic to Tumblr on October 25, 2014. Its buttons read “BE A DICK” and “DON’T BE A DICK.”
Why it mattered
Two Buttons is a durable example of a creator-owned webcomic becoming shared visual grammar.
How it spread
After a February 2015 Imgur repost titled “Daily Struggle,” the comic became a broadly reusable template for hypocrisy, competing wants, and impossible choices.
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