About

This VR Is So Realistic refers to an exploitable webcomic in which a person puts on a VR machine and says "This VR is so realistic!" We then see what the person is looking at, and in the fourth panel, the person is seen crying. What the person sees is changed in the variations.

Origin

On August 7th, 2017, webcomic artist Lemon Sandwich uploaded the original comic to their Facebook page (shown below).^[1] In the original comic, the person sees their bank account, which is in negative numbers. The post gained 5,700 likes and reactions.

Spread

Shortly after the comic was posted, it was turned into an exploitable. One of the early variations, posted to /r/dankmemes on September 2nd, 2017^[2] made a joke about Traps that gained over 1,200 upvotes (shown below, left). A version which made an Earth is Flat joke, appeared on /r/memeeconomy on September 1st.^[3]

On November 30th, 2017, the original comic was posted to the Facebook page See More^[4] and gained 17,000 likes and reactions. Exploitable variations of the comic continued to appear over the course of the following months. On January 16th, 2018, a wholesome variation was posted to the Twitter account @RespectfulMemes,^[5] gaining 800 retweets 3,200 likes (shown below, left). Another variation posted to /r/TooMeIrlForMeIrl^[6] was uploaded on the same day (shown below, left).

Various Examples

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