The Bathroom Cranny

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The Bathroom Cranny refers to a viral photograph of a narrow niche between a bathroom and another room, likely meant for a wardrobe or storage. The photograph was posted on X / Twitter in mid-February 2024 was used for humorous edits as users referenced various media, similar to the recent Inaccessible Foyer Landing and The Staircase Cranny memes.

Origin

On February 15th, 2024, following the popularity of The Staircase Cranny trend on X / Twitter, user @toydose quoted^[1] the image with a photograph of a narrow niche between a bathroom and another room, commenting, "Ok all the big ideas guys in the comments now tell me what would you do with a space like THIS" (shown below). The post garnered over 19.7 million views, 3,400 reposts and quotes and 8,300 likes in four days.

On February 16th, 2024, X^[2] user @ACABylonBee posted the earliest notable edit of the image, a Saddam Hussein's Hiding Place meme that garnered over 100 reposts and 2,000 likes in three days (shown below).

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On February 18th, 2024, X^[3] user @MatttGFX posted an edit that received over 29,000 reposts and 316,000 likes in one day (shown below).

The viral popularity of the edit was followed by more edited versions of the image posted in the following hours. Many variants referenced video games and popular culture: for example, on February 18th, X^[4] user @PkmLegendArceus posted a _"Pokémon":https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/subcultures/pokemon version of the meme that received over 2,600 reposts and 23,000 likes in one day (shown below, left). A Minecraft version posted by user @TheCappuccino04 received over 37,000 reposts and 343,000 likes on X^[5] in one day (shown below, right).

Related Memes

Inaccessible Foyer Landing

Inaccessible Foyer Landing

The Inaccessible Foyer Landing refers to a common interior design feature prevalent in suburban, American homes (nicknamed McMansions) in which a landing is added above the door placed beneath the large foyer window resembling a Palladian window. The design has been ridiculed online throughout the 2010s. Many call the foyer a "Lawyer Foyer" because of its resemblance to the inner entrance of a law firm. However, discourse and memes about the foyer landing peaked in early 2024 when Twitter / X user @RealEstateMaxi tweeted about it. Thereafter, many quoted the post, adding what nonsensical objects they would put on top of the landing.

The Staircase Cranny

The Staircase Cranny refers to a viral photograph of an empty opening below a staircase, likely meant for a wardrobe or storage. The photograph was posted on X / Twitter in mid-February 2024 was used for humorous edits as users referenced various media.

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