Saddam Hussein's Hiding Spot Is TikTok's Favorite Joke

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00:00If you thought that the Y2K trend was finally on its way out, then think again, because

00:05this big name from the early aughts has been cooking up a storm in memes recently.

00:10To misquote Jordan Peterson, there are currently Saddam Husseins everywhere for eyes that see.

00:15Why exactly is the silhouette of an Iraqi dictator playing the world's most advanced

00:20game of hide and seek?

00:21Let's take a look.

00:22This unusual depiction of Saddam Hussein originally comes from a 2003 BBC article detailing his

00:29capture by American military forces in Operation Red Dawn.

00:33This depiction of his hiding place first went viral in 2021, when a tweet compared the diagram

00:38to a rental apartment.

00:39This opened the floodgates for endless parodies of the diagram, such as comparing it to a

00:44mobile game ad or Plato's Cave.

00:46However, in 2024, the focus has shifted onto the man himself and the many unlikely places

00:52where he can be found.

00:53Almost 20 years after his demise, people are still pondering the whereabouts of Saddam.

00:58Whether the zoomers participating in this trend actually know who he is is another matter.

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