Success Kid (2007 - still going)

Success Kid is an Internet meme featuring a baby clenching a fistful of sand with a determined facial expression. According to Wikipedia, the meme originated from a photograph of Laney Griner's son, Sam, trying to eat sand. She uploaded the photo to Flickr in 2007.

In 2011 the anchor meme captioned "I Hate Sandcastles" gained initial popularity, suggesting that the boy had just destroyed another child's sandcastle. Eventually, the interpretation of the image shifted, focusing on the boy's facial expression and clenched fist as a gesture of self-congratulation. Meme makers added captions that boasted of small personal victories and good fortune. Laney Griner disliked the "I Hate Sandcastles" meme as she felt it made her son — who in fact loved sandcastles — look like a bully, but she embraced the "Success Kid" concept. In April 2015 Laney Griner launched a GoFundMe campaign, hoping to raise $75,000 to help pay for Justin Griner's (Sam's dad) medical care and an eventual kidney transplant.