Is eternal damnation worth a little bacon?

May 23, 2009 12:53 PM

What's the story behind this picture?

Just exploring the internets one day and came upon this odd photo and either my google-fu is off or no one really knows. Hive mind, yours is the superior intellect!

posted by Max McCarty to Grab Bag (9 answers total)

Bad photoshopping.
posted by Xurando at 12:55 PM on May 23, 2009

The sign probably said "reject Satan receive Christ."
posted by gubo at 1:00 PM on May 23, 2009

A very unfunny person likes stale internet memes and owns Photoshop.
posted by drjimmy11 at 1:01 PM on May 23, 2009 [6 favorites]

Here's an image search of the hand dryer/bacon meme.
posted by Science! at 1:17 PM on May 23, 2009

Crappy photoshop. There's a bunch of attempts at it, such as this, where the A was just the V flipped. OW MY LEG!, etc.

I've never come across the original. Since a word is missing, and CHRIST could've been moved from the bottom slot to the second, there's a lot of possibilities.
posted by cj_ at 1:34 PM on May 23, 2009

small girl "gets" surrealism?
posted by philip-random at 1:43 PM on May 23, 2009

Just to spell out how you can tell this is a Photoshop job: The A and N are askew when all the other letters are straight. The sides of both letters are too sharp, and the insides of both letters are haphazardly "brushed" to make them look painted on. The "B" is clearly taken from the R above it, while the "C" is an exact copy of the C in "Christ" and the "O" is this same C with a sloppily-drawn line connecting it.
posted by hamsterdam at 2:54 PM on May 23, 2009 [1 favorite]

I was hoping it was a mis-spelling of "Reject Christ, Receive Bakin'" (As in , going to Hell), but alas, it's just a photoshop.
posted by GJSchaller at 3:38 PM on May 23, 2009

i think it's funny. of course it's photoshop and of course it's lame and stale, but that's some quality shit!
posted by nitor at 11:21 PM on May 26, 2009