Password on the Back of the Router

About

Password on the Back of the Router refers to parody images imitating the indecipherable passwords that are typically listed on the back of Wi-Fi routers. In July 2019, image macros containing the jokes widely circulated within the /r/DankMemes community on Reddit.

Origin

July 23rd, 2019, Redditor SkypMar uploaded a Minecraft image of indecipherable text with the caption "'The WiFi password is on the back of the router.' The back of the router:" to r/dankmemes^[1](shown below). The post gained over 66,600 points (96% upvoted) in two days.

Spread

On July 24th, 2019, Redditors began posting variations on the router password parody to various subreddits. Redditor The_Riot_Drummer posted a doctor's handwriting parody/ router password crossover to r/dankmemes^[2] which gained 34 points (92% upvoted) in a day (shown below, left). That same day, Redditor jemian23 uploaded a variation featuring Donnie from The Wild Thornberrys to r/memes^[3] which garnered 48 points (87% upvoted) in a day (shown below, center). Redditor DREWNSRLU uploaded another iteration to r/me_irl^[4] (shown below, right). On July 25th, Memebase^[5] published a compilation of the memes.

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