Jurm?

About

Jurm? refers to a series of exploitable phrasal template memes that depict someone getting arrested alongside a humorous caption for what their crime was. The memes began with a series of jokes featuring Bollywood actor Salman Khan being arrested with a text overlay that read, "Jurm?" meaning "Crime?" followed by a joke. The memes began to circulate in late 2021.

Origin

On October 21st, 2002, Bollywood actor Salman Khan was photographed being escorted to court by police in Mumbai. The photo can be accessed via Getty Images (seen below).^[2]

On November 20th, 2021, Instagram^[1] page @majaakiyamemes posted the earliest known iteration of the meme, using a paparazzi photo of Salman Khan getting arrested alongside text that read, "Crime? Thought her good morning texts were hints." The post gathered 570 likes in over a year (seen below).

Spread

On December 4th, 2021, Facebook^[5] page गाडणजोगा posted a version of the meme in Hindi script, which read, "Crime? Thinking money is less important than friends." The post gathered over 60 likes in nearly a year (seen below, left). On December 29th, Instagram page @baekoof^[6] posted a version of the meme that read, "Crime? Thinking friendship was love." The post gathered over 5,500 likes (seen below, right).

On December 8th, 2021, Instagram^[3] page @wtfpratyush posted another iteration of the meme, which read, "Mistaking her saying "help me pick my profile picture" for love." The post gathered over 3,800 likes in nearly a year (seen below). The meme was also reposted by Instagram^[4] meme page @chutiyapa_overdose on December 9th, gathering 12,000 likes in nearly a year.

On January 7th, 2022, Facebook^[7] page Indians On Internet posted a version of the meme which read, "Crime? Taking a screenshot of an NFT." The post gathered over 200 likes (seen below, left). On January 8th, Instagram^[8] page @UPSCMemes posted a version of the meme that read, "Crime? Thinking prelims were supposed to be easy." The post gathered over 5,300 likes (seen below, right).

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