AboutWhat does the meme depict?

The 'Try Not To Get Scared: Scariest Stories' meme involves narrating intentionally poor quality horror stories with accompanying imagery that enhances the comedic effect. These stories typically originate from online communities dedicated to two-sentence horror tales. The visual layout usually features a person narrating the story, often with exaggerated facial expressions, juxtaposed against a background that visually represents the tale being told. Popular platforms like TikTok have seen users adopting and adapting this meme format, using audio clips from original videos to create animations or reinterpretations of the stories being narrated.

OriginWho did it first?

The 'Try Not To Get Scared: Scariest Stories' meme was initiated by a video on TikTok by user @offlainnnn on May 20th, 2024. He narrated a story previously posted to the subreddit /r/2sentence2horror, where a man thinks he is petting his cat at night but discovers it's actually something far more chilling. This initial posting quickly gained traction, encouraging other TikTokers to create similar content utilizing the original audio from @offlainnnn's videos.^[1]

Origin: 2024