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Backing Up the Car
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About
Backing Up the Car refers to a four-panel image of a driver backing up his car after getting in the vicinity of a certain location. Online, the image has been used as a Things I Don't Like exploitable, as well as a reference to Nope situations.
Origin
On March 1st, 2019, Instagram user powerlessbybr posted a four-panel image featuring himself putting a car in reverse after reaching a fork in the road, with one road leading to Resident Evil's Raccoon City and the other to Silent Hill. The post gained 55 likes in six months.[8]
![Nope Raccoon City Silent Hill](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/480/614/e7f.jpg)
Spread
On March 2nd, 2019, Funnyjunk user tehcashew reuploaded the meme to the website, where it gained over 2,100 likes in one month.[1] On the same day, multiple Funnyjunk users posted edits of the meme in the comment section of the original post (examples shown below).[1] Also on March 2nd, Facebook group The Secret Society of Black Superheroes posted an edit of the meme, which received over 6,400 likes and 15,000 shares on the platform.[9]
![Metamorphosis](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/480/622/966.jpg)
![Skip Me With That Junk](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/480/640/b4a.jpg)
![Manual](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/480/618/989.jpg)
On March 3rd, Redditor JackNVodka reposted the image to /r/memes subreddit, where it gained over 22,400 upvotes in one month.[2] On March 4th, Tumblr account catchymemes reposted the image, with the post accumulating over 11,000 likes and reblogs in one month.[3]
In the following month, several versions of the image were posted on Reddit. For example, a post made by Redditor epicchili on March 30th gained over 32,200 upvotes in two weeks (shown below, left).[4] Another post, made by Redditor other-world-leee on April 4th,[5] received over 8,000 upvotes in one week (shown below, right).
![Early game players know what’s up A MAJOR TEST OF STRENGTH o Tena Ko'sah Shrine 0](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/480/645/366.jpg)
![Don’t forget... U forgot to upvote the posts you liked made with mematic](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/480/647/d92.jpg)
In April 2019, the image gained significant popularity on Instagram, with notable posts made by labrynth.mp4,[6] bonelessweeb[7] and other users.
Various Examples
![O-bye-o OHID IS PROUD OF THOSE ERVING OUR COUNTRY Welcome To Oho](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/480/630/449.jpg)
![SOYUZ](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/480/633/080.jpg)
![Hentai Tags abortion (32) dickgirl on male (1,684 a--- birth (76) amputee (739 penis birth (4) @bonelessweeb](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/480/634/2cd.jpg)
![Understandable, Have a Nice Day McDonald's BILLIONS AND BILLIONS SERVED We out Of poop PIC COLLAGE](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/480/632/8ee.jpg)
![Fallout You have discovered CAZADOR NEST HP](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/480/619/bd5.jpg)
![Here's the MF Tea](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/480/635/bfd.jpg)
Template
![Backing Up the Car Template](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/852/267/a4f.jpg)
Search Interest
External References
[1] Funnyjunk – rapid humdrum Peafowl
[2] Reddit – One big nope
[3] Tumblr – catchymemes's Post
[4] Reddit – Early game players know what’s up
[5] Reddit – Don’t forget…
[6] Instagram – labrynth.mp4's Post
[7] Instagram – bonelessweeb's Post
[8] Instagram – powerlessbybr's Post
[9] Facebook – When being black saves your life
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