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The Floor Cranny refers to a photograph of a carpeted conversation pit placed next to a fireplace that went viral as source material for edits in late November 2024. Part of the Cranny Trend, the subformat involved editing in various objects into the space.

Origin

On November 24th, 2024, X^[1] user @HeatherIsUnsane posted a photograph of a carpeted conversation pit next to a brick fireplace captioned, "What would you fill this space with?" The post (shown below) received over 10.9 million views, 2,600 reposts and 4,800 likes in two days.

Spread

Starting on November 24th, users on X shared memes based on the photograph in which it was edited to referenced various video games and other media, as well as caption memes. On that day, X^[2] user @_360Genius_ captioned the image, "This looks like one of the rooms in Mario 64", posting a completed edit on November 25th. The post (shown below) garnered over 3,000 reposts and 34,000 likes in one day.

Later on November 25th, game developer Puppet Combo posted an edit referencing their video game Feed Me Billy, placing a flesh-eating pit in the middle of the structure. The edit (shown below) received over 7,300 reposts and 98,000 likes on X^[3] in one day.

More edits and caption memes based on the image went viral on X in late November 2024.

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