About

These Companies Test On Animals is a multi-pane exploitable series which zooms in on a photoshopped company logo listed on a "These Companies Test On Animals" poster, before revealing an animal being tested by the company in the final panel.

Origin

On July 5th, 2017, the animal rights group Beagle Freedom Project tweeted a poster with the heading "These Companies Test On Animals," followed by various company logos and a photograph of a beagle dog (shown below).^[2]

On July 7th, Redditor EvMARS posted a multi-pane image which zooms in on a photoshopped SoundCloud logo on the poster followed by a photograph of a chihuahua with earbuds in its ears (shown below). Over the next four days, the post received more than 3,100 points (97% upvoted) and 160 comments on /r/dankmemes.^[4]

Spread

On July 9th, Redditor Malifaxymus a similar image featuring the poster zooming in on a SoundCloud logo followed by a animated clip of a dancing dog (shown below). Within 72 hours, the post gathered upwards of 3,000 points (97% upvoted) and 40 comments on /r/dankmemes.^[3]

On July 10th, 2017, Redditor Yoda_Holmes reposted a variation of the SoundCloud chihuahua image to /r/funny,^[1] where it gained over 45,300 points (80% upvoted) and 3,200 comments in 48 hours (shown below, left). The following day, Redditor Capt_Groomp submitted a version of the image in which a dog is shown playing the game Guitar Hero to /r/MemeEconomy (shown below, right).

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