Ozon's Salute
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About
Ozon's Salute refers to images of Russian streamer Andrei "Ozon" Ozonovsky (Андрей "Озон" Озоновский) crying, saluting and screaming at the screen. Initially circulated by Russian users as reaction images, in 2018 the images reached mainstream popularity on Twitter and Reddit.
Origin
On July 10th, 2017, a YouTube fan channel uploaded a segment of Russian YouTube streamer OZON671GAMES3's broadcast titled "БУХОЙ ОЗОН ПЛАЧЕТ НА СТРИМЕ" ("Drunk Ozon crying on stream").[1] In the uploaded recording, the streamer, visually drunk, watches a music video for the song "The Cuckoo" ("Кукушка") by singer Polina Gagarina,[2] written for Russian-Ukranian biographical war film Battle for Sevastopol. The streamer reacts to certain moments in the video by crying and saluting the screen.
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Spread
In late 2017, an image gained popularity on Russian-language imageboard 2ch.hk (Двач) as a reaction image, with the earliest known use[3] by an anonymous user on December 22nd, 2017 in a Life is Strange thread (shown below, center).
![Ozon's Salute](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/465/179/d39.jpg)
![/vg/ Post #25013441 Аноним 23/12/17 Суб 23:50:41 No2501 3441 9K1lilFEOjM.ipg (10K6, 252x233) >>25013322 У меня была Макс (соулиейт), но он съебал от меня таким же образом. Теперь я один. Кроме вас никого](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/465/178/de6.jpg)
![/b/ Post #168618245 Аноним 12/01/18 ΠΤΗ 21:21:56 Ng 168618245 15135956089240.jpg (10K6, 252x233) слава шимеил раиху](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/465/180/c6b.jpg)
On February 23rd, 2018, entertainment community Trixinity[4] uploaded a collection of Defender of the Fatherland Day memes, including a meme using Ozon's reaction originally created by an unknown user.
![The Sofa Squad С 23 ФЕВРАЛЯ ВСЕ, КТО СЛУЖИТ В ДИВАННЫХ ВОЙСКАХ И ЗАЩИЩАЕТ НАС НЕПОКАЛАДАЯ РУК](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/465/183/145.jpg)
Through 2018, the memes based on the image received further spread among Russian-speaking users, gaining significant popularity in VK meme communities.[5] The Ozon's image was often combined with other similar reaction images (examples below) and was used in a similar manner to Press F to Pay Respects.
![Four-Man Salute](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/465/185/56b.jpg)
![Full Squad Salute](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/465/187/790.jpg)
Through 2018, posts containing the Ozon's Salute, often as parts of larger salute collages, spread among English-speaking users on 4chan, Reddit, Twitter and other online platforms. For example, on July 21, 2018, Redditor[6] WarlockWeeb posted a salute collage containing Ozon's Salute to /r/DarlingInTheFranxx subreddit. The post gained over 500 upvotes in six months.
![When people start to leave this sub and you know that you will never meet some of them ever again. Press F to pay respect to Dendy](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/465/188/0b4.jpg)
Various Examples
![Black Friday To all the people working retail on Black Friday](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/465/197/00b.jpg)
![It was an Honor PewDlePle is currently 72,827 subecribeis aheed of T-Series](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/465/192/073.jpg)
![F for Opportunity NASA's Mars Rover Opportunity Concludes a 15- Year Mission Silent since a giant dust storm last summer, the rover was the longest-lasting robot on another planet ever.](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/465/190/7ac.jpg)
![Valentine's Day Tragedy Valentines Day Tragedy: Teen Masturbated 56 Times Straight Before Dying of Heart Attack](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/465/193/8e2.jpg)
![We salute you! lo all the people working during the holiday break](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/465/195/485.jpg)
![me😭irl People Terri Irwin Hasn't Been on a Date Since Losing Steve: 'I Already Had My Happily Ever After](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/465/191/5e1.jpg)
Template
![Ozon's Salute Template](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/465/194/8ce.jpg)
Search Interest
External References
[1] YouTube – БУХОЙ ОЗОН ПЛАЧЕТ НА СТРИМЕ
[2] YouTube – Polina Gagarina – The Cuckoo
[3] 2ch.hk – /vg/ Thread #24999438
[4] Trixinity – 23 февраля
[5] Memepedia – Все отдают честь
[6] Reddit – When people start to leave this sub and you know that you will never meet some of them ever again. Press F to pay respect to this great comunity
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