It's basically a form of shock/surprise humor in most cases; the cropped out bottom text says something absolutely unhinged, or expected, and to read it, you'll have to try hard
That way, text hits unexpectedly because you can't "pre-read" the cropped text and get a gist while you start reading the whole thing, creating a suspense when you do read it after you've read the rest
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Natanox@discuss.tchncs.de · 20 pts · 287d
First reminded me of… Celldweller?
real_squids@sopuli.xyz · 8 pts · 287d
We're old man...
tgirlschierke@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 5 pts · 287d
brings back memories
TheSlad@sh.itjust.works · 14 pts · 286d
Where did this trend of cropping the bottom text halfway come from?
j0j0@lemmy.world · 17 pts · 285d
It's basically a form of shock/surprise humor in most cases; the cropped out bottom text says something absolutely unhinged, or expected, and to read it, you'll have to try hard
That way, text hits unexpectedly because you can't "pre-read" the cropped text and get a gist while you start reading the whole thing, creating a suspense when you do read it after you've read the rest
jpeps@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 285d
It's the image equivalent of a perfectly cut scream.
vinceman@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 6 pts · 286d
My mom is gonna love this meme