I Bought a Bus and I'm Turning It Into a Camper
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About
"I Bought a Bus and I'm Turning It Into a Camper" is a series of image macros based on an Imgur post. Typically, the memes in the series use the template "I bought 'X' and I'm turning it into a camper. I'll post updates if anyone is interested" as caption and an image of "X" appearing underneath.
Origin
On May 28th, 2017, Imgur user TINYshark posted an image of a bus with the title "I bought a bus and I'm turning it into a camper. I'll post updates if anyone is interested."[1] Within 48 hours, the post gained over 500,000 views and 14,000 points.
Spread
The following day, Imgur user KiwiForScale posted a picture of a run down Boeing 747 with the title "I bought a Boeing 747 and I'm turning it into a camper. I'll post updates if anyone is interested," parodying the phrase in the original post. Within 10 hours, the post gained over 344,000 views and 14,400 points.[2]
Later that day, Imgur user lurkch posted a picture of a Submarine at Dry dock with the titled "I bought a nuclear submarine and I'm turning it into a camper. I'll post updates if anyone's interested" [3]. Within 10 hours this post gained over 280,000 views and 12,300 points.
Throughout the day, more users began posting parodies of the original post.
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External References
[1] Imgur – I bought a bus and I'm turning it into a camper. I'll post updates if anyone is interested
[2] Imgur – I bought a Boeing 747 and I'm turning it into a camper. I'll post updates if anyone is interested
[3] Imgur – I bought a nuclear submarine and I'm turning it into a camper. I'll post updates if anyone's interested
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Top Comment
aje_gile
May 30, 2017 at 09:31AM EDT