About
“I Fucking Love Cocaine” is an image macro series where the subject has a white substance on their face, usually snow or flour, and the overlaid text “I fucking love cocaine”.
Origin
The most notable image to be associated with “I fucking love cocaine” caption is of a grizzly bear roaring while covered in snow, which first appeared on “More Bear” Memegenerator.
While the authorship or upload information of MemeGenerator page is unknown, it appears Google search queries for “cocaine bear” and “I fucking love cocaine” began sometime in early July 2010. A photograph of the bear without any caption can be found on the natural photography site Pixdaus, titled “by fotomia” and uploaded by user “artemis”:artemis.
Precursors in Pop Culture
Prior to Cocaine Bear, “white-dusted face” has been commonly associated with cocaine binges portrayed in popular fictions and films, one of the earliest examples being a scene from the 1983 film Scar Face, where Al Pacino’s character, Tony Montana, is sitting at his desk with a white dusted face after snorting massive amounts of the substance. In early 2003, comedian Dave Chappelle introduced his fictional character Tyrone Biggums, a crack/cocaine addict who wears the white substance on his mouth as a sign of helpless drug abuse.
In the SNL Digital Short “Great Day” aired in May 2010, Andy Samberg sings a musical tribute as an unemployed cocaine addict whose face gets gradually covered in white substance throughout the song:
External Links
- Cocaine Bear interactive poster.
- BuzzFeed’s cocaine animals