Manbabies

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2009-09-04T23:59:31Z

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2006

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Manbabies <h2>About</h2> <p>Manbabies are simple image macros/photoshoops — one swaps the head of the man and the baby, like so:</p> <p><img src="http://knowyourmeme.com/i/15871/original/manbabies-01.jpg?1252108862" alt="" /></p> <p>This swap/replace idiom is similar to what is seen with memes like <a href="/memes/weegee">Weegee</a> and <a href="/memes/little-fatty">Little Fatty</a>, as well as other “just add water” image macros like <a href="http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/reaction-guys">Gaijin 4Koma</a> and <a href="http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/tourist-guy">Tourist Guy</a></p> <h2>History</h2> <p><a href="http://manbabies.com">Manbabies.com</a> is a single-topic site dedicated to this particular flavor of photoshoopery, and was launched in April 2008 (based on <a href="http://whois.domaintools.com/manbabies.com"><span class="caps">WHOIS</span> data</a>). The site received <a href="http://www.theage.com.au/cgi-bin/common/popupPrintArticle.pl?path=/articles/2008/05/19/1211182709060.html">press coverage</a> from an Australian newspaper in May 2008. The Kansas Star wrote a <a href="http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=KC&p_theme=kc&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=12265D9455A7DE78&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM">similar piece</a> in August ’08.</p> <p>From the Age interview:<br /> <blockquote><br /> Launched late last month by the two 22-year-olds from St Louis in the US state of Missouri, Man Babies does nothing more than host photos of man and child with their heads switched.</p> <p>“Chase found this [head swap] photo on the net and after laughing for 15 minutes straight we started making our own,” said Truitt in a telephone interview, recalling the night he and his friend hatched their idea.</p> <p>The pair showed their handiwork to family and friends and before they knew it, they were pulling together a website.</p> </blockquote> <p>However, manbaby shoops can be found on Flickr <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/nl/264897811/">dating back to 2006</a>, the oldest being the below “Baby holding Bush”, uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/nl/">Ed Alkema</a> and tagged “man, baby, manbaby”.</p> <p><img src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/104/264897811_206ff84f71.jpg" alt="" /></p> <p>The first press mentions related to “manbabies” can all be found <a href="http://news.google.com/archivesearch?q=manbabies&scoring=t&sa=N&sugg=d&as_ldate=2008/01&as_hdate=2008/12&lnav=hist8">throughout 2008</a> (Google News timeline search). While the concept appears to predate manbabies.com, the site can probably be given credit for popularizing the meme.</p> <h2>Popularity</h2> <p>The manbaby meme seems to have never reached much farther than blogs. It has its largest presence on Flickr, and little to none on SomethingAwful, Fark, Worth1000, 4chan or other image-heavy Internet culture hubs. <em>[[more evidence needed]]</em></p> <p><strong>Search Trending</strong> (via Google)<br /> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://www.gmodules.com/ig/ifr?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2Fig%2Fmodules%2Fgoogle_insightsforsearch_interestovertime_searchterms.xml&up__property=empty&up__search_terms=manbaby%7Cmanbabies%7C%22man+babies%22&up__location=empty&up__category=0&up__time_range=empty&up__compare_to_category=false&synd=ig&w=550&h=300&lang=en-US&title=Google+Insights+for+Search&border=%23ffffff%7C3px%2C1px+solid+%23999999&output=js"></script></p> <p><strong>Manbabies.com website traffic</strong> (via Quantcast)<br /> <img src="http://www.quantcast.com/profile/trafficGraph?wunit=wd%3Acom.manbabies&drg=&dty=pp&dtr=dm&gl=all&ggt=large&showDeleteButtons=true&width=520" alt="" /></p> <h2>Usage</h2> <p>1. Find photo of a man w/ a baby<br /> 2. Shoop the babyhead onto the man<br /> 3. Shoop the manhead onto the baby<br /> 4. <a href="http://www.theapplecollection.com/Collection/AppleMovies/mov/3_steps.html"><span class="caps">THERE</span> IS NO <span class="caps">STEP</span> 4</a></p> <h2>Media</h2> <p>“Manbabies” skit by Kirk Johnson and Will Elliott, <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tEKnloCyXn4">link</a><br /> <object width="560" height="340"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/tEKnloCyXn4&hl=en&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/tEKnloCyXn4&hl=en&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="560" height="340"></embed></object></p>

2009-11-13T19:43:32Z

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