Mekanik

About

Mekanik is a Meme Man Wurds reaction image variant featuring Meme Man and the caption, "Mekanik." Like other Meme Man Wurds variants, the image is paired with captions describing simple actions, with "Mekanik" being paired with simple actions related to mechanics.

Origin

On January 9th, 2020, Redditor hishon01 posted a Mekanik meme to r/memes^[1] with the caption "when your check engine light comes on so you check under the hood and the engine is still there" (shown below). The post received over 50,500 points (94% upvoted) in 27 days.

Spread

On February 3rd, 2020, Facebook account Angry Industries^[2] shared another iteration with the caption "when you punch the dash so hard your fuel and temp gauges start working again" which gained over 90 reacts in three days (shown below).

On February 4th, Redditor Mikeross14 uploaded a mekanik image with the caption "when your car is making weird noise so you remove Billie Eilish CD" to r/memeeconomy^[3] and accumulated over 2,500 points (92% upvoted) in two days (shown below, left). That same day, Redditor notkhaos uploaded a similar meme to r/memes^[4] but replaced Billie Eilish with Cardi B (shown below, right). The post garnered over 33,000 points (92% upvoted) in two days.

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