--- title: Picture of a Disgruntled Child is Winning the Internet description: Has there ever been a grumpier looking kindergartner? canonical: https://time.com/5064491/viral-school-photo/ author: Melissa Locker article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-12-14T20:04:12.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:49:18.035Z og:title: This Picture of a Disgruntled Child is Winning the Internet og:description: Has there ever been a grumpier looking kindergartner? og:url: https://time.com/5064491/viral-school-photo/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltdf0eb88e18b519f5/6988f52322fb857f78e24140/gettyimages-887976902.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 5577 og:image:height: 3137 og:image:alt: little boy (3) drawing with chalk on the floor outdoors og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: This Picture of a Disgruntled Child is Winning the Internet twitter:description: Has there ever been a grumpier looking kindergartner? twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltdf0eb88e18b519f5/6988f52322fb857f78e24140/gettyimages-887976902.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # This Picture of a Disgruntled Child is Winning the Internet Right Now > Sponsored content. 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Reddit user [wrud4d](https://www.reddit.com/user/wrud4d) posted [a photo](https://www.reddit.com/r/funny/comments/7jpj4z/my%5Ffriends%5Fboyfriend%5Fwas%5Fnot%5Fhappy%5Fabout%5Fhis/) of her “friend’s boyfriend” back when he was in kindergarten and had to sit for a class photo. He was apparently incredibly dissatisfied with the very thought of having his photo taken, or had been watching a lot of [Oscar the Grouch](http://time.com/4848929/sesame-street-beastie-boys-sabotage-mashup/?iid=sr-link4), or was just ticked off at the state of his world in general resulting in a serious scowl. Whatever the reason, the result is a photo that may capture the grumpiest kindergarten ever to exist. His frown is so deeply etched and undeniably fierce, that he manages to make [Grumpy Cat](http://time.com/4301509/most-influential-animals/?iid=sr-link5) look practically friendly. The photo has already garnered more than 800 comments from Reddit users. While many of us have school photos that we would prefer vanish into the ether—or at least the bottom of a junk drawer—this boy’s parents allegedly display the framed picture in their house, presumably with an overwhelming sense of pride at their young meme-in-the-making. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5064491/viral-school-photo/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5064491/viral-school-photo/"},"headline":"This Picture of a Disgruntled Child is Winning the Internet Right Now","datePublished":"2017-12-14T20:04:12.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:49:18.035Z","description":"Maybe he spent too much time with Oscar the Grouch?","url":"https://time.com/5064491/viral-school-photo/","keywords":["Newsfeed","reddit","Children and Families","Viral News"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltdf0eb88e18b519f5/6988f52322fb857f78e24140/gettyimages-887976902.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Melissa Locker","jobTitle":"","url":"https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltdf0eb88e18b519f5/6988f52322fb857f78e24140/gettyimages-887976902.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"little boy (3) drawing with chalk on the floor outdoors","caption":"little boy (3) drawing with chalk on the floor outdoors","creditText":"Carol Yepes—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5064491/viral-school-photo/","name":"This Picture of a Disgruntled Child is Winning the Internet Right Now"}}]}] ```