{"id":"ate-my-balls","name":"Ate My Balls","summary":"Ate My Balls was one of the earliest internet memes, a late-1990s website fad where people created crude image-and-caption pages depicting celebrities and fictional characters expressing an obsession with eating testicles. Started in 1996 by a University of Illinois student named Nehal Patel with a \"Mr. T Ate My Balls\" page, the format spawned hundreds of copycat sites before fading out after 2000 when free web hosting services like GeoCities shut down.","tags":["ate my balls","shock site","1996","early internet","flash animation","offensive humor"],"howToUse":["Pick a well-known character, celebrity, or public figure","Find or create a low-resolution image of them","Add speech bubbles or thought balloons with text about their desire to eat balls","Title the page \"[Name] Ate My Balls\"","Host it on a free web page service"],"imageCount":2,"nsfw":false,"images":[{"url":"https://fcdtoybbbn2ccxbp.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/images/ate-my-balls/ate-my-balls-crude-dialogue.webp","caption":"Crude 1990s shock humor style image with people discussing balls","width":416,"height":299,"nsfw":true},{"url":"https://fcdtoybbbn2ccxbp.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/images/ate-my-balls/ate-my-balls-1996-hip-hop.webp","caption":"Ate My Balls","width":360,"height":360,"nsfw":false}],"historyUrl":"https://fcdtoybbbn2ccxbp.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/images/ate-my-balls/history.md","related":["10-guy","arthur-fist","advice-dog","mr-t-ate-my-balls","amber-heard-trial","ai-slop","zombocom","duckroll","advice-animals","area-51-naruto-run","goatse","keep-calm"],"popularityRank":884,"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."}