About

Flex Tape Can't Fix That refers to an image of an audience member of Battlebots holding a sign that says the phrase. The image has been used as a reaction image on Reddit in response to screenshots of cringeworthy text exchanged.

Origin

On June 7th, 2019, Redditor b0ssguy300 posted to /r/memes^[1] the image of a man holding a sign that says "Flex Tape Can't Fix That," referring to the popular Flex Tape meme started by JonTron. The user stated he saw the image while watching Battlebots. The post gained over 130 points (shown below).

Spread

The template saw use across Reddit over the following months. On September 28th, 2019, Redditor Willyyum2 posted an example in /r/memes^[2] that gained over 27,000 points (shown below, left). User Kronos_Gaming posted an example on September 9th, gaining over 190 points (shown below, right).

The template began growing more popular in January of 2020. That month, several popular examples were posted in Reddit, including January 12th posts by TheRafwan that gained over 28,000 points in /r/dankmemes^[3] (shown below, left) and a post by supremeyeeetz in /r/dankmemes^[4] that gained over 7,500 points (shown below, right). The meme was covered by Stayhipp.^[5]

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