Demotivational posters parodied corporate motivational posters: a photo in a black frame, a one-word title and a deflating caption. Despair.com started the joke in 1998, and by 2010 the format was everywhere from forums to Facebook, made in seconds on generator sites.
- Type
- format
- Origin
- Despair, Inc., 1998; generator sites from 2007
- Peak
- 2008-2011
- Example
- PROCRASTINATION. Hard work often pays off after time, but laziness always pays off now.
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