The Damn Daniel clip comes from a short video posted to Twitter in February 2016 by Josh Holz, who filmed his friend Daniel Lara walking around school in white Vans. Holz repeated the phrase throughout the montage, and the exaggerated compliment spread quickly across Vine, Twitter and YouTube reposts. The pair were invited onto The Ellen DeGeneres Show as the meme peaked. Misspellings like Damm Dainal keep circulating on soundboards, but the line endures because it instantly signals joking approval of someone's look, shoes or entrance in edits.