AboutShakira On the Computer or the Shakira Computer Meme is a reaction image and series of image macro memes based on a viral photograph of Colombian musical artist Shakira sitting at a computer and typing, looking to the right and smiling at the camera. OriginThe photograph of Shakira sitting at the computer and smiling was reportedly taken by Óscar Berrocal in 1997 for El Heraldo, a Colombian newspaper. On January 31st, Redditor missjardinera posted the image to the /r/OldSchoolCool subreddit, garnering over 44,000 upvotes in eight years. In the recreation, she is seen notably printing a photograph of a dog rather than typing on a computer. That same day, Shakira's Instagram post was reposted to the /r/popculturechat subreddit, garnering over 4,000 upvotes and 160 comments in a day.