About

Only Someone Stupid Would Fall for That is an exploitable webcomic by SrGrafo that features a gullible fish attracted to obvious bait.

Origin

On November 8th, 2019, comics artist SrGrafo published the template for "The Bait" in the /r/StGrafo subreddit. ^[1] The three-panel comic features a fish saying of a fisher's bait, "Only someone stupid would fall for that…" In the following two panels, the bait attracts and hooks a fish. The post received more than 4,600 points (99% upvoted) and 65 comments in less than one month (shown below).

Spread

Following the post, people began filling in the empty panel. For example, Redditor^[2] AwkwardSpacePirate published a version with the phrase "Unshaven SrGrafo" in the empty space near the hook. The post received more than 400 points In less than two weeks (shown below, left).

The following day, Redditor^[3] monkey9804 shared a version about Baby Boomers clicking on pop-up advertisements online. the post received more than 3,400 points (98% upvoted) in less than two weeks (shown below, center).

Throughout the week, variations of the comic appeared on other subreddits, including /r/pewdiepiesubmissions^[4] and /r/dankemes^[5] (example below, right).

Various Examples

Search Interest

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External References