Make a Two Buttons meme for impossible choices, competing priorities, and decisions that should be easy but somehow are not.
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Animator Jake Clark published the original “Daily Struggle” comic on Tumblr on October 25, 2014. The sweating character had to choose between “Be a dick” and “Don't be a dick”; later edits replaced those labels with competing obligations, turning the two red buttons into a reusable dilemma format.
Origin reference: Daily Struggle / Two Buttons history.
The original 2014 comic by Jake Clark presented a moral choice between two labeled buttons. Remixers discovered that the same drawing works for any pair of incompatible goals, so the labels—not the character—became the part that changes from joke to joke.
Use two options the same person genuinely wants or must do. “Reply immediately” versus “do not look desperate” creates tension; two unrelated nouns do not. Matching grammar on both buttons makes the contradiction land faster.
Treat the upper-left label and upper-right label as separate ideas. Keep each line close to its button, reduce the font before allowing text to cross the center, and leave the sweating face unobstructed as the visual payoff.
Try “finish the task / start a new side project,” “save money / free shipping over $50,” or “deploy today / change one last thing.” For a simple reject-versus-approve comparison, use the Drake template instead; for a temptation involving three roles, use Distracted Boyfriend.
Animator Jake Clark created the original Daily Struggle comic and posted it to Tumblr on October 25, 2014. The editable meme format grew from later versions that replaced the two button labels.
Put one short, competing choice on each red button. Parallel wording—such as “ship now” and “fix one more thing”—makes the conflict readable before the viewer reaches the sweating character.
Keep each label directly above its matching button and use a similar font size on both sides. Avoid a long explanation over the character; his expression already supplies the reaction.
Yes. Use the blank-template download for the clean image, or edit both button labels in the browser and download a watermark-free PNG.
