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Lemon Car refers to a stock image of a lemon with toy car wheels attached. In early January 2019, the image was widely circulated within several subreddits along with memes using pictures of lemons and other citrus fruits.

Origin

On February 20th, 2009, a stock image titled "Lemon with Automobile Wheels," featuring a lemon with toy car wheels attached to it, was uploaded to Shutterstock.[1]

0 xS shutterstr.ck IMAGE ID: 25275943 www.shutterstock.com

On July 2nd, 2018, Redditor blueberrybrown posted the stock image to the /r/dankmemes[2] subreddit along with a This Meme Is From the Future caption (shown below). The post gained 3,100 upvotes in 6 months.

This meme is from the future, you won't understand it until 2019

Spread

On December 31st, 2018, blueberrybrown posted a link to his July 2018 post to newly-created /r/LemonAIDS[3] subreddit. Several hours later, Redditor[4] Bobyyyyyyyghyh posted an Allow Us to Introduce Ourselves meme photoshopped with lemons to /r/dankmemes. The post gained over 4,000 upvotes within two days. In the comment section, Bobyyyyyyyghyh referred to the July 2018 post by blueberrrybrown.[5]

2019: *happens* Lemon memes: Allow us to introduce ourselves

On January 1st, 2019, blueberrybrown posted an image mentioning his July 2018 post to /r/dankmemes[6] (shown below, left). The post received over 22,700 upvotes in two days. On the same day, several highly-upvoted images featuring lemons and "lemon car" were posted to /r/dankmemes subreddit.

Hello, I am u/blueberrybrown and as you may know, I time travelled into the summer of 2018 to post meme, The time has come this 2019 r/dankmemes u/blueberrybrown 167d. Meme... I am a time traveler and you are confused This meme is from the future, you won't understand it until 2019
Everybody laughing until you pull up with a lemon car
Her: Come over Me: I can't I'm lemon Her: My parents aren't home Me:

Over the next two days, a large number of memes featuring images of lemons and referencing the influx were posted to /r/dankmemes, /r/memes, /r/me_irl and other subreddits.

On January 18th, 2019, the car leasing company Fair referenced the meme with a commercial that features a lemon with 4 wheels attached.

Various Examples

When lemons are the first meme of the year. made with mematic
Everybody laughing until you pull up with a lemonade
ME TODAY HERE COMES THE FIRST MEME IN 2019

Friend: Why are you laughing? Me: Nothing. My brain: ใน ish TAKERS LeMon James
BIG CHUNGUS Upgrade go back HEL I SAID GO BACK
No it doesn't effect my baby cee) 12 years later

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Lemon Car

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About

Lemon Car refers to a stock image of a lemon with toy car wheels attached. In early January 2019, the image was widely circulated within several subreddits along with memes using pictures of lemons and other citrus fruits.

Origin

On February 20th, 2009, a stock image titled "Lemon with Automobile Wheels," featuring a lemon with toy car wheels attached to it, was uploaded to Shutterstock.[1]


0 xS shutterstr.ck IMAGE ID: 25275943 www.shutterstock.com

On July 2nd, 2018, Redditor blueberrybrown posted the stock image to the /r/dankmemes[2] subreddit along with a This Meme Is From the Future caption (shown below). The post gained 3,100 upvotes in 6 months.


This meme is from the future, you won't understand it until 2019

Spread

On December 31st, 2018, blueberrybrown posted a link to his July 2018 post to newly-created /r/LemonAIDS[3] subreddit. Several hours later, Redditor[4] Bobyyyyyyyghyh posted an Allow Us to Introduce Ourselves meme photoshopped with lemons to /r/dankmemes. The post gained over 4,000 upvotes within two days. In the comment section, Bobyyyyyyyghyh referred to the July 2018 post by blueberrrybrown.[5]


2019: *happens* Lemon memes: Allow us to introduce ourselves

On January 1st, 2019, blueberrybrown posted an image mentioning his July 2018 post to /r/dankmemes[6] (shown below, left). The post received over 22,700 upvotes in two days. On the same day, several highly-upvoted images featuring lemons and "lemon car" were posted to /r/dankmemes subreddit.


Hello, I am u/blueberrybrown and as you may know, I time travelled into the summer of 2018 to post meme, The time has come this 2019 r/dankmemes u/blueberrybrown 167d. Meme... I am a time traveler and you are confused This meme is from the future, you won't understand it until 2019 Everybody laughing until you pull up with a lemon car Her: Come over Me: I can't I'm lemon Her: My parents aren't home Me:

Over the next two days, a large number of memes featuring images of lemons and referencing the influx were posted to /r/dankmemes, /r/memes, /r/me_irl and other subreddits.

On January 18th, 2019, the car leasing company Fair referenced the meme with a commercial that features a lemon with 4 wheels attached.



Various Examples


When lemons are the first meme of the year. made with mematic Everybody laughing until you pull up with a lemonade ME TODAY HERE COMES THE FIRST MEME IN 2019
Friend: Why are you laughing? Me: Nothing. My brain: ใน ish TAKERS LeMon James BIG CHUNGUS Upgrade go back HEL I SAID GO BACK No it doesn't effect my baby cee) 12 years later

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