It's a hotly contested topic, that's for sure. But according to image sharing platform Imgur, the most impactful meme of the decade is Hide the Pain Harold.

András Arató, also known as Hide the Pain Harold, was a lighting technician in Budapest before a stock image of him went viral. And he's finally embracing his internet fame.

Perhaps that's the reason, the kind of pain in me." Today is Arató's 72nd birthday, which he will be celebrating with family at his summer house just outside of Budapest.

Hide the Pain Harold is the internet meme personality of Andras Arato. Andras, the man behind the meme, is a retired Hungarian lighting engineer whose stock photos first went viral in 2012.

András Arató (aka Hide The Pain Harold) was born in 1945 in Hungary. He worked as an electrical lighting engineer and university lecturer in Budapest, and is married with one son, who is an ...