About

Birth Control Effectiveness is a series of photoshop exploitables in which people compare the success rates of two common forms of birth control (condoms and pills) and one personality or interest that would dissuade a potential suitor from sexual relations.

Origin

The earliest known usage of the meme was posted on March 30th, 2010 by an anonymous user on joyreactor.com.^[1] That day, they posted an image (shown below) with the heading "Birth Control Effectivness." Underneath, the image shows "Condoms 99%," "Birth Control Pills 99%" and "Crocs 100%."

Spread

Two years later, on August 21st, 2012, Redditor ^[2] Ninjabot5000 posted the image in the /r/funny subreddit. Before archiving, the post received more than 1,400 points (91% upvoted) and 290 comments.

The following year, Redditor^[3] Thrillwaukee posted a variation of the image, replacing "Crocs" for a "Fedora", in the /r/funny subreddit. The post (shown below, left0 received more than 1,800 points (90% upvoted) and 1,400 comments.

Three years later, on August 16th, 2016, ShitpostBot 5000 ^[4] user CARADEMONO added a template of the meme to the site. The post (shown below, center) received a 41 rating.

On February 13th, Redditor^[5] nunyabidnez201 posted a variation that replaced the third spot with a noose and the text "killing yourself 100%." The post (shown below, right) received more than 5,400 points (97% upvotes) and 70 comments.

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