Interest Graphs

About

Interest Graphs are parody line graphs representing the fluctuations of a person's interest as they discuss different topics with a variety of people.

Origin

On July 17th, 2017, Redditor The_Lord_Of_Memes submitted a graph titled "Speaking to a Left-Wing Activist," whose interest is shown rising through various subjects related to social justice until the phrase "within Muslim culture" is reached (shown below). Within 24 hours, the post gained over 3,500 points (91% upvoted) and 110 comments on /r/dankmemes.^[1]

Spread

That same day, Redditor sterodicsquirell posted a photograph of a hand drawn graph showing featuring the phrase "Would you like some chocolate covered raisins" to /r/MemeEconomy, where it received more than 700 points (96% upvoted) in less than 24 hours (shown below, right).

Meanwhile, Redditor HayItsProsandwich submitted an /r/MemeEconomy-themed graph to the subreddit (shown below, left).^[3] Also on July 17th, Redditor ThatNerdyBrunette posted a graph showing declining interest for memes found on iFunny to /r/dankmemes^[2] (shown below, right).

Search Interest

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