Calm Down Edgelord, It's Called Wholesome Humor
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About
Calm Down, Edgelord. It's Called Wholesome Humor refers to a series of image macros captioned with the catchphrase, which is a reverse meme of the earlier ironic Relax Liberals, It's Called Dark Humor meme. The format, often paired with the Replace the "R" in "rope" with an "H" setup, achieved virality after an image macro of Superman based on it went viral in late September 2024. The catchphrase is often matched with images of various characters who are considered kind and wholesome.
Origin
On September 28th, 2024, Redditor claymixer posted an image macro of Superman captioned with a wholesome version of the Relax Liberals, It's Called Dark Humor meme, itself based on the Take It Easy, Globehead meme format. In the meme, the caption was altered to "Change the "r" in "rope" to an "h". RELAX edgelord. It's called wholesome humor." The post (shown below) garnered over 20,000 upvotes in the /r/shitposting[1] subreddit in two months.
Spread
In the following weeks, the image saw viral spread online as it was reposted on Reddit and Instagram. For example, on September 29th, 2024, Redditor FHFH913 reposted the image to the /r/okbuddyretard[2] subreddit, where it received over 8,800 upvotes in two months.
On October 2nd, 2024, Redditor afkgh6437 posted the earliest found derivative meme based on the format, a Kamen Rider version that gained over 1,700 upvotes in the /r/196[3] subreddit in one month (shown below).
On October 11th, 2024, Redditor Astrosailors69 posted a JoJo's Bizarre Adventure version of the meme that received over 8,000 upvotes in the /r/ShitPostCrusaders[4] subreddit in one month (shown below).
In early November 2024, the format achieved popularity on X / Twitter as users combined the caption with images of various characters generally recognized as kind and wholesome. For example, on November 2024, X[5] user @atlassx0 posted a meme based on fan art of Daisuke from the 2024 video game Mouthwashing. The post (shown below) received over 6,000 reposts and 47,000 likes in two weeks.
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