Medieval Macros - Bayeux Tapestry. About Medieval Macros (also known as Bayeux Tapestry Parodies) are a series of images macros.
Origin The Historic Tale Construction Kit was one of many eCard generators created by Bjorn Karnbogen of Cologne, Germany in 2003; the same year that 4chan was created. From an archived version of Wikiworld’s 4chan entry: Olde English image macros of existing memes created using the Historical Tale Construction Kit.
Bitches Don't Know. About Bitches Don’t Know is an exploitable image macro based upon a picture of a man wearing a shirt saying “BITCHES DONT KNOW BOUT MY DICK”.
The exploitable is commonly used by replacing the man’s face and wording on his shirt via Photoshop to provide the appearance that another character is wearing the shirt. Origin The picture was originally a Myspace photo of one Rich Ownes, of Silver Spring, Maryland. On February 24th, 2006, Davezilla.com linked to Owens’ Myspace. Phrase “Bitches Don’t Know Bout My Dick” was a phrase coined by music composer and producer BlingBling, in his short 2004 song entitled “Bitches Don’t Know.” Ha! Ha! Guy. About The Ha Ha Guy image macro began appearing in January 2003 on SomethingAwful.
Two and a half years later, it spread to Fark.com on July 15th, 2005 in what was called “The Grey Wave.” Meanwhile in X. About Meanwhile, in X is an image macro series based on the participial phrase “Meanwhile in…,” a literary device that allows an easy segue between two concurrent events in different places.
Although it is widely regarded as a narrative cliche, the macro series is used to illustrate ridiculous and absurd situations (usually in medias res) that are easily identified as stereotypical of a certain ethnicity, nationality, occupation or subculture. Origin Sometime in February 2010, a flipped image of a Holden Commodore (a very common Australian-made sedan) with the caption “Meanwhile in Australia” appeared on 4chan via /b/ board for the first time. An allusion to the age-old joke that everything in Australia is “upside down” (due to its southern hemisphere location), the image quickly became a favorite re-blog material on image board sites, blog networks and aggregator services. Since then, multiple variations with countries or locations and their stereotypes have been posted. Notable Examples. Sandwich Chef. The Sandwich Chef (often called Ass Sandwich) started as a part of a 1972 comic tract by Jack Chick titled “Hi There!”
The picture in question is about a man who is talking about how his wife gave him a sandwich with peanut butter even though she knows he hates it. Chick tracts are often parodied, and “Hi There!” Was eventually brought to the attention of the “Something Awful forums”: and soon had all of its language… improved. One particular parody had the sandwich chef saying “THIS IS AN ASS SANDWICH / IT IS MADE OF ASS AND POO” (link) Soon the Sandwich Chef would fall into /b/’s hands and be used to illustrate what a post or picture is composed of, usually "fail, win or anything that shows how good or bad said object is.
Gentlemen. The Most Interesting Man in the World. About The Most Interesting Man In The World is an image macro series based on an advertising campaign for Dos Equis beer.
The captions typically follow the phrasal template “I don’t always X, but when I do, I Y.” Origin The advertising campaign was created by the global marketing firm Euro RSCG Worldwide. The ads starred American actor Jonathan Goldsmith as “the most interesting man” with narration by Will Lyman, best known for his narrating role in the public affairs TV program Frontline. The ads first aired in the United States in 2006 and were uploaded to the wistl1976 YouTube channel on April 10th, 2007. Spread. "Y U NO" Guy. About “Y U NO” Guy (also known as “Y U No [X]?”)
Is an image macro series using SMS shorthands and carefree grammar as a way to bring someone’s attention on a particular subject or issue. The unique facial expression worn by stick-figure character is believed to have been traced from the Japanese sci-fi manga / anime series Gantz. Origin The character’s facial expression, full of frustration and rage, can be found in Gantz’ Chapter 55: Naked King (裸の王様), originally released in February 2002 and the English translation in June 2009. It's Goofy Time ! About It’s Goofy Time!
Tenso. About Tenso is a series of multi-pane images that place emphasis on an unusual or odd facial expression in a given photograph for comedic effect.
Each image usually consists of several frames of a photograph that progressively zoom in on a targeted area. Sometimes, the final close-up pane reveals something that is hardly visible in full-dimension, creating an effect of surprise, similar to the when you see it, you’ll shit bricks meme. Origin The origin of the meme has been a subject of dispute, though many credit the Brazilian gaming forum UOL Jogos’ Vale Tudo (“anything goes”) board as the site of origin. Spread Beginning in late 2008, the idea started to spread to other forums and became a fad in Brazilian blogs and social media. Tenso images can be also seen on Portuguese language message boards like Nerdorama and LevelUpGames. Notable Examples Search Interest External References.