AboutWhat does the meme depict?
The 'They're The Same Picture' meme features a two-panel exploitable format originating from the television series The Office. In the first panel, the character Pam is depicted presenting two ostensibly different pictures to another character. In the second panel, Pam asserts that both pictures are the same. This meme is commonly used to humorously suggest that two seemingly distinct items or concepts are indistinguishable.
OriginWho did it first?
The meme originated from an episode of The Office titled 'Search Committee', which aired on May 19th, 2011. In this episode, the character Pam engages in a prank with the acting manager, Creed, by challenging him to find differences between two pictures, which she reveals off-camera are actually identical. The scene first grew popular as a reaction image on various online platforms, to humorously point out the lack of difference between two compared items. Its full meme potential was unlocked on June 22, 2018, when it was used on the subreddit /r/MemeEconomy in a post comparing the video game Fortnite to trash, which quickly became popular and set off the template's usage in various other exploitable forms. This post garnered significant attention, accumulating over 26,000 points here.[1]
Origin: 2018