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"Makers" Adding "Unnecessary Sex Scenes" refers to a series of jokes that satirize Gen Z Sex Negativity discourse by parodying an Overflowing Coffee meme that shows a hand titled "makers" overfilling a cup labeled "any show / movie" with the cappuccino labeled "useless s€x scenes." The joke also serves to highlight the supposed absurdity of flattening filmmakers into the label "makers." Memes about "makers" adding "unnecessary sex scenes" to films and television shows was popularized in 2024.

Origin

On August 9th, 2023, an unknown Redditor^[1] added a Coffee Overflowing meme to the /r/memes subreddit with the caption, "'The idol' left the chat." The post showed a hand labeled "makers" pouring coffee labeled "useless s€x scenes" into a cup labeled "any show/movie." The post gathered over 47,000 upvotes in a year (seen below).

The image was widely reposted in subsequent weeks, including on iFunny,^[2] where it gathered over 5,000 smiles in a year, on Instagram,^[3] where it gathered over 26,000 likes in 10 months, and by @wildtiktokss on X / Twitter,^[5] where it gathered over 155,000 likes in a year.

Precursor

Discussions about people flattening different aspects of filmmaking in the labels of "makers" or "creators" gained traction in 2023, with HBO Max's decision to flatten all filmmaking credits into "creators" being a notable event. This decision was later retracted, with correctly labeled credits being added back to the streaming service in May 2023.^[4] These discussions ran parallel with critiques of internet slang that places all forms of audio-visual art under the umbrella of "content" or "media."

In 2023, there was also a rise in discussions about Gen Z supposedly being more prudish and sex-negative.

Spread

On July 28th, 2024, various X users posted jokes about Fantastic 4 villain "The Maker" being the person referenced in the aforementioned Overflowing Coffee meme. For example, X^[6] user @TILFURTHRNOT1CE's July 28th post gathered over 11,000 likes in a month (seen below, top), while X^[7] user @GlebMelnikov8 gathered over 5,000 likes in a month as well (seen below, bottom).

On July 30th, X user @RadioFreeAnna quoted a video of Deadpool dancing from the 2024 Deadpool & Wolverine film with the caption, "If I ever consume a piece of content/media and there's an unnecessary sex scene I’m dancing to this song in front of the maker." The post gathered over 4,000 likes in three weeks (seen below).

If I ever consume a piece of content/media and there's an unnecessary sex scene I’m dancing to this song in front of the makerpic.twitter.com/ln9YqXw63X

— Anna (@RadioFreeAnna) July 30, 2024

On August 16th, 2024, X^[8] user @Schaffrillas posted an image of C-3PO from Star Wars, writing, "C-3PO constantly says 'Thank the Maker' but isn't the maker the guy who keeps putting unnecessary sex scenes in media? Kinky little freak fr," and gathering over 1,700 likes in a week (seen below).

Also on August 16th, X^[9] user @movieboy69 quoted a joke that read, "Me when the makers put unnecessary sex scenes in my media," to highlight the word "makers," gathering over 45,000 likes in a week (seen below).

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