About

Double D's Facts Book is an exploitable image in which the character Edd (a.k.a. Double D) from the Cartoon Network series Ed, Edd n Eddy hold open a book of "facts" to reveal the author's opinion. The image consists of two panels, the first one showing the character Edd holding a red book with the title 'Facts' edited into it's cover, and the second panel, showing the open book, exposing its contents. Some variants also make use of other book titles.

Origin

On November 17th, 2003, Cartoon Network aired the episode of Ed, Edd n Eddy entitled "A Twist of Ed."^[1] The episode features a moment when the character Edd (Double D) holding a psychology book to the camera. The moment (video below) is the basis for the meme.

On July 3rd, 2017, Facebook user Damarko Berry posted an edited screen cap from the clip to the Ed, Edd, N Eddy Scamposting Facebook group (shown below).^[8]

Spread

On July 9th, 2017, Facebook^[7] user Damarko Berry posted a screen capture from the scene with the words "What to Protest When You Want Attention" on the book, and a list of liberal causes in the panel when Edd opens the book (shown below).

On July 11th, 2017, the website Trump Army^[2] reposted the image. On August 11th, Redditor ^[3] _NOVA_Project posted a variation with the word "FACTS" photoshopped over the word "Psych" in the /r/AnimeMemes subreddit. The second panel features the phrase "Liking traps makes you gay," a reference to the Traps are gay. The post (shown below) received more than 175 points (91% upvoted) within two weeks.

Six days later, on August 18th, Redditor^[6] TheChancinator posted the image on the /r/MemeEconomy. The post received more than 9,200 points (86% upvoted) and 270 comments in less than a week.

Later that week, the Facebook^[5] account thecarmemes posted a variation that kept the "Facts" image and replaced the contents with "The R34 is overrated." The post (shown below, left) received more than 11,000 reactions, 1,300 comments and 2,100 shares in less than two weeks.

On August 20th, Facebook ^[4] user virtua1dreams posted a variation with the words "if your profile picture is an anime character, your opinion doesn't count. The post (shown below, right) received more than 3,100 reactions, 400 comments and 9,000 shares in less than a week.

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