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Slow Meme
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About
Slow Meme refers to a variation of the Droste Effect in which participants physically paint a recursive image of others standing with their paintings, creating an effect where smaller of said paintings and painter exist within larger ones. In this case, the effect plays out in separate images and message board threads.
Origin
On January 16th, 2019, Redditor [1] Gaddafo posted "My mom painted this and said no one would like it. It's her 2nd painting" in the /r/pics subreddit. Within 10 days, the post received more than 75,000 points (73% upvoted) and 1,500 comments (shown below, left).
That day, Redditor[2] k__z posted a painting of the woman with the painting. The post received more than 120,000 points (88% upvoted) and 2,200 comments in 10 days (shown below, right).
![My mom painted this and said no one would like it. It's her 2nd painting.](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/453/600/d96.jpg)
![I painted somebody's mom](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/453/602/46f.jpg)
Spread
Two days later, others continued the trend. On January 18th, 2019, Redditor[3] lilyofthenight posted a painting of both painters hold their paintings. The post received more than 113,000 points (82% upvoted) and 2,300 comments (shown below).
![Took a while and not perfect, but i painted the guy who painted the other guy’s mom](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/453/604/634.jpg)
Over the next week, others participated in posting variations of the painting, creating a painting within painting effect (example below, left and center).
That week, Github [4] user nubleh posted a flowchart of the spread of the meme (shown below, right).
Several media outlets covered the meme, including Dazed,[5] who coined the term "slow meme, Quartzy[6] and more.
![Cheep cheep cheep cheep cheep!!!](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/453/606/0df.jpg)
![When it sinks in that I stayed up most of the night to paint a meme for internet points...](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/453/610/44d.jpg)
![Flowchart of Paintings 看监. n.](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/453/609/2c2.png)
Various Examples
![Bit wonky, but I painted the woman who painted the guy who painted the lady who painted the swan.](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/453/614/56c.jpg)
![iPad version](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/453/613/663.jpg)
![mom/dude](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/453/612/f7c.jpg)
![Illustrated Version](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/453/611/16b.jpg)
![Bit goofy, but I painted the guy who painted the woman who painted the woman who painted the guy who painted the lady who pai 田田](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/453/615/734.jpg)
![I haven't painted in two years and I'm glad for the inspiration!!](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/453/616/89c.jpg)
External References
[1] Reddit – My mom painted this and said no one would like it. It's her 2nd painting.
[2] Reddit – I painted somebody's mom
[3] Reddit – Took a while and not perfect, but i painted the guy who painted the other guy’s mom
[4] Github – nubleh's Post
[5] Dazed – Reddit users painting each other’s paintings is a new slow meme
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