Cropped Image Macros

Cropped Image Macros

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Cropped Image Macros refer to image macros that have been purposefully edited to remove part of the superimposed text and thereby alter the meaning of the image, usually to satirical, surreal, or anti-humorous effect.

Origin

The first popular examples of deliberately altering image macros to take them out of context took the form of Chuck Norris Facts Without Bottom Text. On October 12th, 2017, Twitter user @electrapng tweeted four pictures of Chuck Norris memes with the bottom text cropped out so that only the set-up to old Chuck Norris image macros creating a surreal anti-humor effect. The tweet gained over 27,000 retweets and 71,000 likes. The pictures the user cropped are shown below:


Chuck Norris died 20 years ago meme with no bottom text chuck norris meme with no bottom text about a snake biting him Chuck Norris I Eat Soup meme without the bottom text

Spread

The Twitter account Cropped Boomer Images (@NoContextBoomer)[1] has become a popular repository for cropped image macros, usually taken from political images featuring people such as Clint Eastwood. It has amassed over 40,000 followers as of January 2019. Some examples taken from the account are shown below.


0 OGLASS SHARE IF YOU AGREE IMGETTING REALLY TIRED OFWAKING UP ILOVE-MY WIFE The Russians Failed.

A variation on Tumblr[2] in which news about countries was cropped such that the images appeared to read statements like "Ireland is the first country in the world" gained over 10,000 notes (shown below).


EYEARS PROJECT IRELAND WILL BE THE FIRST COUNTRY THE WORLD IN shared a video hrs as Canada ENN Canada is now the 2nd country in the wor ld 46,370 Vis lithuanianblood Lithuanla is now in srd place

Various Examples


A MAN WHO. COMBSHIS HAIR THE FIRST LADY'S T---. UNITED AND PISS CANT STOP JACKIN-ITTO MICHELLE OBAMA Yue ilari PEOPLE WHO EAT SOAP Only two people in history itler bama

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External References

[1] Twitter – @NoContextBoomer

[2] Tumblr – gomutant

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Onion Man
Onion Man

For centuries mankind has pondered if our finite meme supply may finally run empty. Yet, somehow, ignoring The Conservation Of Mass, splitting a meme in half does not create two half memes. Like a starfish, the severed half of the memes regenerate into full-grown memes. Our memes… have become fractals.

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