Heartbreaking: The Worst Person You Know Just Made a Great Point
Heartbreaking: The Worst Person You Know Just Made a Great Point (short version)
Heartbreaking: The Worst Person You Know Just Made a Great Point is a satirical piece by ClickHole published in February 2018. It uses a second-person voice and imagines your least favorite coworker making a logically solid argument during a political debate, which annoys you even more. The headline and its accompanying stock photo became an internet meme used to mock disliked figures when they say something you actually agree with.
In 2025, ClickHole followed up with This Makes More Sense: The Worst Person You Know Just Made A Terrible Point.
The article’s illustration features a stock photo of Josep Maria García, the drummer for the Spain-based band Primogénito Lopez. The photo was taken in 2014 in Barcelona while García was helping his photographer brother-in-law set up lighting for a shoot.
The Guardian compared García to András Arató, the man behind the Hide the Pain Harold meme. Slate’s Cameron Wilson tried to locate García in 2021 by emailing ClickHole, but received no reply. A Twitter user found the image was once owned by Getty Images, though it had been removed from their site by that time. An Indian medical site used the image with Exif data listing GPS coordinates and the photographer’s name. The image, separate from the article, has also been used as a meme with the same meaning.
The meme has appeared in reference to many polarizing figures, including Donald Trump, Dave Portnoy, Mo Brooks, Neil Gorsuch, Matt Gaetz, Lauren Boebert, Marjorie Taylor Greene, Nick Fuentes, and others.
Mic called the article “absolutely iconic,” while Vulture said it was “one of the best articles to ever grace the internet.”
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