At Least You Tried Meme Generator
Drag text anywhere on the At Least You Tried template, style every box its own way, drop in your own images, then download, copy, or share it.
Click a text box to edit it. Drag to move, corners resize, top handle rotates.
What is the At Least You Tried meme?
At Least You Tried shows two pale husky-type pups lying in the snow in front of white drifts. One sits up and rests its paw on the other's head in a gentle, patronizing pat, while the patted pup squints with a pained grin. It looks exactly like someone comforting a friend after an embarrassing failure. The caption turns that pat into backhanded encouragement: the effort was seen, the result was bad, and the sympathy is mostly polite. It is used to tease a fail without being cruel about it.
Also known as: You Tried, Dog Pat on the Head.
How to use the At Least You Tried meme
The top box reads "at least" and the bottom box reads "you tried" in the standard version, which works as a straight reply to someone's flop. For a custom version, use the top box to describe the failed attempt and the bottom box for the consoling line.
It lands on small, harmless failures: a bad pun, a burnt dinner, a parking attempt, a ranked match that went badly. Friendly mockery suits the soft image better than a real insult.
At Least You Tried meme ideas
- at least / you tried
- you parallel parked in only 9 attempts / at least you tried
- submitted the assignment at 11:59 / in the wrong class
- went 0 and 12 in the match / at least you tried
- tried to fix the sink yourself / the plumber appreciates the business
- your pun / we're proud of you anyway
About the At Least You Tried meme template
The At Least You Tried template (tried) supports 2 lines of text. A classic example reads “at least / you tried”. Read about its origin on knowyourmeme.com.
Use it from the API
This meme is also just a URL. Replace the text in the path to generate your own image:
https://memegenscript.com/images/tried/at_least/you_tried.png
