Get That Thing Out Of My Face!

About

Get That Thing Out of My Face, also known as Cracker Meme, is an exploitable webcomic involving a bird screaming at a cracker before biting it and enjoying the taste. The comic became a popular object labeling meme in October 2019.

Origin

On September 23rd, 2019, the webcomic Chicken Thoughts uploaded the original comic, "Trying new food," to its Twitter,^[1] Facebook,^[2] and instagram.^[3] On Instagram, the comic received more than 28,000 likes (shown below).

Spread

On October 24th, a version of the comic was uploaded to the Reddit r/Wholesomememes. Within three days the post gained over 61,000 upvotes.^[4] However, the post was later removed by the founding moderator as: "it doesn't quite abide by our rules, which are located in the sidebar. (Rule #1) All posts must be wholesome memes. We're not saying this is unwholesome! Just that sub's focus is uplifting – because there are already great subs for cute."

That day, Redditor^[5] AznPC published an object-labeled version of the comic. In the post, the bird is labeled "Reddit" and the cracker is labeled "This new meme format." The post received more than 9,700 points (96% upvoted) and 45 comments in four days (shown below, left).

The following day, on October 25th, Redditor^[6] HadSexyBroughtBack posted a variation in the /r/bonehealingjuice subreddit. The post received more than 3,300 points (98% upvoted) in three days (shown below, center).

On October 26th, 2019, Redditor^[7] MadRonnie97 posted a variation about a Pizza Hut commercial that features former Soviet Union leader Mikhail Gorbachev. The post received more than 30,000 points (96% upvoted) and 330 comments in two days (shown below, right).

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