The earliest known crayon-eating Marine meme was posted to Imgur by user HarlemStruggle on August 24th, 2016, and gained over 2,000 upvotes in the following years.

The original cartoon, the moment when “Marines eating crayons” went from an occasionally shared joke to a viral meme, may no longer exist. But it was posted elsewhere many times.

With all the crayon-eating memes and products, it makes one wonder if the crayon-eating joke will ever get old. Uriarte doesn't think it's going away any time soon.