Talking To A Brick Wall Meme Template

A man gestures at a brick wall as though he might finally get an answer. Label the wall as the unresponsive audience and the man as the person still trying to explain.

The picture makes “talking to a brick wall” literal. It suits a message that gets no reply, a request that keeps being ignored, or an argument that changes nobody’s mind.

The speaker is visibly making an effort while the wall remains a wall. You do not need a long speech in the caption; naming the audience and the repeated request is enough.

The man is comedian Maronzio Vance. The image comes from his YouTube sketch The Brick Wall “Talks Politics,” uploaded on November 22, 2010. Vance talks and gestures while the wall supplies no response. [1]

Screenshots circulated as reaction images by 2014. A cropped version later became the BetterTTV emote DonoWall, used when a message or speaker is being ignored. [1]

Place the audience label on the brickwork at the left. Put the speaker’s label on the dark shirt at the lower right, leaving his face and raised hands clear.

An unanswered group message or a stubborn device can fill the wall’s role just as well as a person. Make the speaker’s request specific enough that the silence is familiar.

The unresponsive audience

The open brickwork at the left.

The repeated request

The dark shirt below the speaker’s face.

• Keep the wall label shorter than the request.
• Use the person’s gesture instead of adding an explanation of frustration.
• Avoid covering either hand; the effort to persuade is the joke.