Wondering the origins of a headbanging purple bird meme that has gone viral on Facebook? Here is the answer

If you've been using Facebook in the last couple of days, you might have noticed that a purple bird has taken social media by storm; appearing in different shapes and forms everywhere, from dedicated meme pages to the comments section of almost every popular page on Facebook.

If not, it will be only a matter of time before this weird little fellow is as familiar on your feed as a thumbs-up

If you've spotted it, you might be wondering where it has come from and why it is appearing on your screens. Fear not, we have some of the answers.

The short answer is that the Trash Dove was created by artist Syd Weiler on her drawing livestream back in September, and she turned it into an iPhone sticker pack in     September. It didn't go viral, though, until the Thai internet got a hold of it a week ago

"It all started in Thailand, actually—they have a joke about birds there, and it tied in there,"    Weiler told PopDust.

It was the headbanging version of the bird that really took off. English-language Thai news               site Khao Sod English reported that Thai netizens "filled entire comments sections" with the      graphic.

Why? It's not really clear, but Khao Sod offers a partial explanation: "One theory is that the

 word for bird, nok, is also used to describe someone hopelessly single or suffering from 

unrequited love."

At the Daily Dot, we first saw the bird in this video by Thai comedy group Chong Nom, and                 to be honest, we didn't really get it.

Weiler said she got the idea while visiting Minneapolis. "I was sitting by a pond ... and there were just pigeons everywhere," she said. "I had never thought about pigeons before. They're funny little birds.

They have really shiny, colorful, almost rainbow-y feathers, but then they bob around and waddle and beg for food. They're like doves but they eat trash."

YOU GUYS 

TRASH DOVES ARE NOW ON FACEBOOK! THEY'RE FREE!!!

GO SPAM YOUR FRIENDS AND ENEMIEShttps://t.co/RcIVWvdMFg pic.twitter.com/28qgJqOczF

— syd weiler 🙃 (@SydWeiler) January 31, 2017

What does it mean?

Even us we don't know that, it's open to interpretation 

Weiler either has no answers. In her own words via a Facebook status in October 2016, she said: "In case you didn't know, I made some fantastically dumb iOS stickers, you can spam your friends and family with them!"

What does purple bird mean to you?

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Posted by Slaustz, Published at February 14, 2017 and have 0 comments