About

Just One More, also known as The Lies I Tell Myself, refers to an exploitable image macro series which lists "lies" one tells themselves, such as "just one more" piece of chocolate or "just one more" episode of a show on Netflix. In exploitable variations, the final lie is a humorous lie pertaining to a certain subculture.

Origin

The initial image was posted on I Waste So Much Time roughly around January 30th, 2015.^[1] The first version ended with the lie "just five more minutes" (shown below).

Spread

Exploitable variations began appearing in the following year. A version pertaining to the Roman Empire was uploaded to MemeCenter^[2] on September 3rd, 2015. A variation pertaining to The Crusades was uploaded to Memedroid on September 8th, 2016.

Variations continued to appear over the following years. For example, Facebook page If Ye Love Memes^[3] uploaded a variation that gained over 910 likes and reactions on August 20th, 2017. On January 28th, 2018, a post in /r/LateStageCapitalism^[4] made a joke about America, gaining over 1,000 upvotes (shown below, right).

Various Examples

Search Interest

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