Sniper Elite Headshot

Submission 41,190

About

Sniper Elite Headshot is an object labeling image macro series featuring an exploitable screenshot of a bullet flying at a soldier's head in the 2017 shooter game Sniper Elite 4, which often represent the soldier and bullet as opposing forces.

Origin

On February 14th, 2017, the third-person tactical shooter game Sniper Elite 4 was released. In the game, whenever an enemy player is shot a short cinematic is played showing the enemy's internal anatomy while the bullet travels in slow motion (shown below).

On April 26th, iFunny^[1] user New_California_Republic posted a screenshot of a bullet flying at a soldier's head in the game Sniper Elite 4 titled "This is adorable" (shown below).

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On April 30th, 2017, Redditor two_number_9s submitted a version of the image titled "When you democratically remove democracy," in which both the soldier and bullet are labeled "Turkey" (shown below, left). That day, Redditor Meemayl0rd submitted a variation in which the soldier's head is labeled "Basic human rights" and the bullet is labeled "religion of peace" (shown below, right). Within 48 hours, the posts gained over 16,200 votes (93% upvoted) and 2,600 votes (95% upvoted) respectively on /r/dankmemes.^[3]^[4]

Also on April 30th, the Unilad Gaming Facebook^[5] page posted the screenshot with the bullet identified as "video games" and the soldier as "Things I have to do this week" (shown below, left). On May 1st, Redditor skipperhi posted a photoshop of the image with Shrek's head above the bullet flying towards the soldier's head labelled "Smashmouth's chance at a normal music career" (shown below, right). In 24 hours, the post garnered upwards of 40,600 votes (85% upvoted) and 350 comments on /r/dankmemes.^[6] On May 1st, 2017, Redditor NOT_Gru submitted a post asking about the exploitable image to /r/OutOfTheLoop.^[2]