Image macro

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An image macro illustrating a pun from similar sounding "Rofl" and "waffle". The waffle's shape is also that of the yotsuba sigil of 4chan

An image macro, also known as a thread bomb, is a picture with text superimposed, typically through the use of graphics software such as Photoshop or Microsoft Paint. The name image macro originates from the Something Awful Forums^{[citation needed]}, where for a time the use of a preset "macro" text (such as [img-timeline], resulting in the now-bannable Timeline of history) would insert into the post a corresponding image.

[edit] Internet forums

An image macro illustrating the poster's anger and confusion at a recent topic.

On internet forums like Something Awful and imageboards such as 4chan and iichan, image macros are used to emphasize a certain phrase (often a meme) by superimposing it over a related picture. In some forums, use of image macros outside of certain subforums is seen as annoying or disruptive, and may be prohibited.

[edit] Formats

Although they come in many forms, the most common type of image macro is a photograph with large text superimposed in Impact font, using all upper case letters and colored white with a thin black outline.

[edit] External links

Overchan (a full directory of English-language imageboards)
The Society for the Study of Modern Image Board Culture

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