I Wish to Be Irresistible to Men
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I Wish to Be Irresistible to Men, also known as the Wishing Well, is a meme format based on a cartoon by George Trosley in which a woman makes a wish to become irresistible to men at a wishing well, after which she immediately turns into a muscle car. In memes, the car is replaced with various other objects that men might find impossible to resist.
Origin
The two-panel cartoon was created by comic artist George Trosley on an unknown date prior to 2012, and likely before 2000. In the cartoon, a woman throws a dollar into a wishing well and makes a wish of becoming impossible for men to resist, after which she immediately turns into a muscle car.
While the original black-and-white version of the cartoon (shown below, left) was circulated online since 2013,[1] the earliest colored version of the cartoon was reposted on Blogspot[2] on January 1st, 2012. Starting in 2014, another version, redrawn and colored, was widely shared on Facebook and humor websites[3] (shown below, right).
Earliest found memes replacing the object the woman turns into were posted in 2015 on Facebook and Reddit. For example, on November 22nd, Redditor riverboat posted a meme that gained over 50 upvotes in /r/guitarcirclejerk[4] in seven years (shown below, left). On January 1st, 2017, Tumblr[5] user charsdefrance posted a meme that gained over 620 likes and reblogs in one five years (shown below, right).
Spread
On October 2nd, 2016, ShitPostBot5000[6] user squish added a meme template based on the comic. The template gained a rating score of 21 on the site in six years.
The format did not see massive popularity until June 13th, 2018, when an unknown Redditor posted a Waluigi meme based on it to the /r/dankmemes[7] subreddit, where it gained over 24,600 upvotes (shown below, left). On June 17th, Redditor[8] Chip_Dipsson posted a Boar Vessel meme based on the format that gained over 70 upvotes in /r/BoarVesselMemes (shown below, right).
In November 2019, the format achieved massive popularity in the /r/okbuddyretard subreddit.[9][10]
The format maintained its popularity online in the early 2020s, being used as an exploitable and inspiring redraws.
Various Examples
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Search Interest
External References
[1] Before It's News – car related humor from Facebook
[2] Blogspot – Cinco desejos para o Ano Novo!
[3] Funnyism – ThatsMajestic
[4] Reddit – Irresistible
[5] Tumblr – charsdefrance
[6] ShitPostBot 5000 – i r r e s i s t a b l e
[8] Reddit – Wishing Well Boar Vessel
[9] Reddit – shqipëri superpower 2020???😳😳
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