Hazmat Suit Edits
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About
Hazmat Suit Edits or Hazmatposting refers to a series of memes that involve editing various characters inside a hazmat suit. Originating from and popularized by the 4chan's /pol/ board, the trend is mostly related to the ongoing discussions of the Wuhan Coronavirus Outbreak.
Origin
On January 22nd, 2020, an anonymous 4chan[1] user posted an edit of Pepe the Frog inside a bright-yellow hazmat suit in a /pol/ board related to the discussion of the Wuhan Coronavirus Outbreak (post and image shown below).
Spread
On the same day, the image was posted in more /pol/[2][3] threads related to the discussion of the outbreak. Within three hours after the first post, the first edit of the image was posted in a /pol/[4] thread (shown below, left). An Australian Shitposter edit of the image was posted in another /pol/[5] thread on the same day (shown below, right).
On January 23rd, 2020, an anonymous 4chan user posted a template for the image in a /pol/[6] thread. Within one hour, the template was reposted in another /pol/[7] thread, with another version also posted,[8] and with multiple users submitting their edits in the same thread (examples shown below, left, center and right).[9][10]
In the following days, multiple threads dedicated to Hazmat Suit Edits were created on /pol/. For example, a January 23rd, 2020, thread[11] received 354 replies. A January 25th, 2020, thread[12] accumulated 346 replies.
![[354 / 262 / 118] Hazmat Stock Exchange Anonymous ID:nEFqD45H Thu 23 Jan 2020 06:57:48 No.240540283 View Reply Original Report Quoted By: >>240540784 >>240540788 >>240540885 >>240541106 >>240541220 >>240541282 >>240541398 >>240541423 >>240541950 >>240542291 >>240542361 >>240542407 81KİB, 686x526, 2020 template.png Google iqdb SauceNAO >>240542570 >>240543810 Trace View Same >>240543921 >>240545184 >>240545674 >>240545791 >>240547166 >>240548685 >>240548948 >>240549871 >>240550394 Chink flu is spreading, give me all your hazmat suits!](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/721/560/80a.jpg "/pol/ Thread #240540283")
![[346 / 257 / 147] Suit up mother f------. Anonymous ID:DcrSuuhp Sat 25 Jan 2020 22:41:06 No.240923797 View Reply Original Report Quoted By: >>240923887 >>240924383 >>240925370 >>240926530 >>240927863 >>240927947 >>240928181 >>240930105 >>240930816 >>240931358 >>240931582 >>240931622 >>240931778 >>240931896 95KİB, 483x406, 20200125_162718.jpg View Same Google igdb SauceNAO >>240932083 >>240932719 Trace >>240933165 >>240933683 >>240933852 >>240934174 >>240934583 >>240935035 >>240935136 >>240935619 >>240935626 >>24093610o8 >>240936717 >>240936864 >>240936929 >>240937237 >>240941376 >>240941766 >>240946177 >>240946314 >>240946788 >>240946852 >>240947187 >>240948482 >>240950342 >>240951242 >>240951330 >>240952322 >>240953483 >>240956148 >>240956280 >>240958679 >>240959094 >>240959343 >>240959528 >>240961110 >>240961992 >>240962615 >>240963034 >>240963347 >>240963388 >>240964250 I wanna see your war faces! Based CoronaChan is coming and death is following. ITT we make memes to increase her power. Will post templates in thread.](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/721/561/b6d.jpg "/pol/ Thread #240923797")
In the following days, the edits received spread on other online platforms, including Kiwi Farms and Twitter.
Various Examples
Template
Search Interest
External References
[1] 4chan – /pol/ Post #240495892
[2] 4chan – /pol/ Post #240499909
[3] 4chan – /pol/ Post #240510868
[4] 4chan – /pol Post #240510992
[5] 4chan – /pol Post #q240514698
[6] 4chan – /pol Post #240526266
[7] 4chan – /pol Post #240529209
[8] 4chan – /pol Post #240529326
[9] 4chan – /pol Post #240529701
[10] 4chan – /pol Post #240530275
[11] 4chan – /pol Thread #240540283
[12] 4chan – /pol Thread #240923797
Top Comments
Nedhitis
Jan 26, 2020 at 05:09PM EST
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Jan 26, 2020 at 05:04PM EST