About

I Haven't Programmed This Path Yet is an image macro series originating featuring a screencap from the 2018 Black Mirror interactive film Bandersnatch. In late 2018, the series circulated on Reddit as a reaction image in jokes about unexpected developments.

Origin

On December 28th, 2018, Netflix^[1] released a special interactive film in its Black Mirror series titled Bandersnatch.

In one scene of the film, main protagonist Stefan Butler (portrayed by Fionn Whitehead) demonstrates a pre-release version of his video game to a potential publisher. During the demonstration, he explains that one potential plot path in the game has not been yet programmed.

On December 29th, 2018, Redditor^[2] Ramif_23 posted the screen capture of the scene along with a caption to /r/me_irl subreddit. The post gained over 2,800 upvotes within 17 days, while a repost^[3] in /r/teenagers subreddit gained over 6,300 upvotes in two weeks.

Spread

On January 2nd, 2019, Redditor^[4] suhailSea posted a reedited version of the meme using the same caption to /r/memes subreddit. The post received over 16,000 upvotes in 13 days; additionally, a repost^[5] to /r/absolutelynotme_irl subreddit gained over 15,200 upvotes in the same period.

Following the initial posts, in early January 2019 more examples of the meme appeared in several subreddits, primarily in /r/memes^[6] and /r/dankmemes^[7].

Various Examples

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