Passenger Airbag Off

About

Passenger Airbag Off is a reaction image used in contexts where one says something that would cause the poster, presumably the driver of a car, to turn the passenger airbag off in the car such that should they get into an accident, the passenger would die.

Origin

On July 31st, 2016, Twitter user @yungshoelace^[1] posted the image with the caption "when someone takes the aux cord and plays country music," gaining over 490 retweets and 1,200 likes (shown below).

Spread

The image was posted to /r/BlackPeopleTwitter^[3] on January 16th, 2017, where it gained over 3,200 likes. On February 11th, 2017, Instagram user cartthrottle^[2] posted the image with the dialogue scenario, "Person: Your car is too loud!" They captioned the post "you don't need that negativity in your life. The post gained over 17,000 likes.

The format, however, did not begin growing popular on Reddit until November of 2017. On November 26th, 2017, several posts featuring the image were popular. For example, a post to /r/MemeEconomy by cormbeefhashtag^[4] joking about Ajit Pai gained 420 upvotes (shown below, left). A more shitpost-like edit was posted to /r/dankmemes that day b y I-_-sellout,^[5] gaining over 120 upvotes (shown below, right).

Various Examples

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