Dam Edits
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Dam Edits refer to photoshopped pictures of a diagram showing how a dam protects a town from a large reservoir of water. In the edits, the dam, town, and reservoir are all labeled differently. They became popular on /r/dankmemes in mid-June of 2017.
Origin
The original image is a French political cartoon in which the dam saves democracy from religion (shown below, left). This appeared on French blog Dorffer-patrick[6] on August 30th, 2016. on The image was later edited and posted to conservative blog The Political Cesspool on September 8th.[5] There, the labels imply Christianity is saving "you" from "radical Islam."
On June 13th, 2017, Redditor deoxxy[1] posted the first edit, labeling the reservoir "Radical Islam," the dam "Minecraft YouTubers," and the town "You." The post gained over 6,700 points in two days (shown below).
Spread
Over the following two days, dozens more edits appeared on the subreddit. Some of the most popular include an edit to the original post that replaced "Minecraft YouTubers" with "Roblox Pornstars" that gained 850 points (shown below, left).[2] Another positioning Fidget Spinners as the wall against drug abuse gained over 814 points (shown below, right).[3] The latter was posted to /r/MemeEconomy[4] where it gained over 240 points in 9 hours.
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External References
[1] Reddit – 🅱ar 🅱eterans
[2] Reddit – God bless these people for the work they do
[3] Reddit – 🅱️idget 🅱️inners
[4] Reddit – I'm sensing some potential here
[5] The Political Cesspool – Faith and Heritage
[6] Dorffer-patrick – Quand la religion étouffe la démocratie
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Jun 15, 2017 at 04:58PM EDT
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