About

Windows Flag refers to an exploitable image of a flag in the shape of the Windows logo, but the flag is replaced with the flag of a certain country. Accompanying the image is text making fun of the country saying "Do X to Activate Windows."

Origin

On July 31st, 2017, Reddit user boiiiscout posted the first variation to /r/MemeEconomy, where it gained nearly 18,200 likes in 21 hours (shown below). The variation includes the flag of India and says "Show bobs and pusi to activat windovs," referencing a joke popular on /r/indianpeoplefacebook in which people post images of men asking women to show them "boobs and pussy" with poor spelling.





Spread

Three hours later, boiiiscout's post was reposted to /r/dankmemes and shortly after that was reposted to /r/indianpeoplefacebook. Meanwhile, dozens of posts gathered hundreds of upvotes on /r/memeeconomy on August 1st. Some of the most popular variations include the Soviet Union flag (shown below, left) and Saudi Arabia (shown below, right), which have gained over 700 and 200 votes, respectively. A few variations have been posted to /r/dankmemes as well. Later that day, boiiiscout posted a template image to /r/MemeEconomy.





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