{"id":"2020-metal-monoliths","name":"2020 Metal Monoliths","summary":"2020 Metal Monoliths are mysterious shiny triangular pillars appearing in remote locations worldwide from November 2020, spawning copycat installations, alien conspiracy memes, and 2001: A Space Odyssey references.","tags":[],"howToUse":["**Object labeling**: Photoshop a shiny monolith into any setting (your bedroom, a grocery store, a Zoom call background) and caption it with something about aliens or the end of 2020","**\"It's a monolith\" jokes**: Point at any tall, vaguely rectangular object and declare it the next monolith sighting. Blocks of cheese, phone booths, and refrigerators all got the treatment[7]","**2020 bingo**: Add the monolith to an already overloaded \"2020 bingo card\" meme alongside pandemic, murder hornets, and wildfires","**2001: A Space Odyssey edits**: Splice monolith footage into the famous ape scene from Kubrick's film, or edit meme characters reacting to the monolith as if it were the alien artifact"],"imageCount":10,"nsfw":false,"images":[{"url":"https://fcdtoybbbn2ccxbp.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/images/2020-metal-monoliths/2020-metal-monoliths-canyon-faded-edges.webp","caption":"The iconic hero image: monolith in canyon landscape.","width":800,"height":450,"nsfw":false},{"url":"https://fcdtoybbbn2ccxbp.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/images/2020-metal-monoliths/2020-metal-monoliths-canyon-otherworldly.webp","caption":"The iconic image: otherworldly presence in nature.","width":680,"height":680,"nsfw":false},{"url":"https://fcdtoybbbn2ccxbp.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/images/2020-metal-monoliths/2020-metal-monoliths-camouflaged-figure-scale.webp","caption":"With scale: camouflaged figure shows the monolith's size.","width":680,"height":680,"nsfw":false},{"url":"https://fcdtoybbbn2ccxbp.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/images/2020-metal-monoliths/2020-metal-monoliths-utah-canyon-original.webp","caption":"The original: the Utah monolith that started it all.","width":680,"height":680,"nsfw":false},{"url":"https://fcdtoybbbn2ccxbp.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/images/2020-metal-monoliths/2020-metal-monoliths-meme-arrows-emoji.webp","caption":"Meme evolution: monolith becomes template format.","width":680,"height":800,"nsfw":false},{"url":"https://fcdtoybbbn2ccxbp.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/images/2020-metal-monoliths/2020-metal-monoliths-most-famous-artists-product.webp","caption":"Monetization: official reproduction for sale.","width":680,"height":492,"nsfw":false},{"url":"https://fcdtoybbbn2ccxbp.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/images/2020-metal-monoliths/2020-metal-monoliths-polished-urban-landscape.webp","caption":"Urban copycat: monolith over city landscape.","width":648,"height":432,"nsfw":false},{"url":"https://fcdtoybbbn2ccxbp.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/images/2020-metal-monoliths/2020-metal-monoliths-hillside-weathered-copycat.webp","caption":"Copycat installation: monoliths appearing globally.","width":680,"height":383,"nsfw":false},{"url":"https://fcdtoybbbn2ccxbp.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/images/2020-metal-monoliths/2020-metal-monoliths-james-felton-viral-tweet.webp","caption":"Viral moment: news outlets covering the phenomenon.","width":680,"height":545,"nsfw":false},{"url":"https://fcdtoybbbn2ccxbp.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/images/2020-metal-monoliths/2020-metal-monoliths-twitter-ap-strange.webp","caption":"The absurdity: discovered during sheep census.","width":680,"height":332,"nsfw":false}],"historyUrl":"https://fcdtoybbbn2ccxbp.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/images/2020-metal-monoliths/history.md","related":["11b-x-1371","the-lake-city-quiet-pills-mystery","the-most-mysterious-song-on-the-internet","erratas","uvb-76-mystery","super-s-stussy","satoshi-nakamoto","donald-trumps-imaginary-friend-jim","blank-room-soup","diglett-underground","james-bond-burger-last-night-i-x-y-your-sister","three-seashells"],"popularityRank":2036,"license":"Meme images and history: templates, screenshots, photos and fan edits, many of copyrighted material or real people. Explicit and offensive memes and images are included and flagged nsfw. Check you have the right to use an image before publishing."}