{"id":"british-museum-stealing-things","name":"British Museum Stealing Things","summary":"British Museum Stealing Things is a 2019 object-labeling meme from r/HistoryMemes that satirizes Britain's long-standing refusal to return colonially-looted cultural artifacts.","tags":[],"howToUse":["**Object-labeling memes:** Take any template where one character steals from or overpowers another (Thanos removing the Mind Stone, a hand grabbing something off a shelf) and label the aggressor \"Britain\" or \"The British Museum\" and the victim as the source country or artifact.","**\"Nobody:\" format:** Set up with \"Nobody: / The British Museum:\" followed by an image of someone hoarding objects, stealing, or casually displaying something that doesn't belong to them.","**Tweet jokes:** Straightforward text posts framing museum visits as crime scene tours, or imagining how conversations between museum staff and visiting dignitaries from source countries might go.","**Historical comparison memes:** Templates from r/HistoryMemes that compare colonial-era acquisition to modern theft, often using reaction images or multi-panel formats."],"imageCount":15,"nsfw":false,"images":[{"url":"https://fcdtoybbbn2ccxbp.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/images/british-museum-stealing-things/british-museum-stealing-doge-dont-ask.webp","caption":"Doge meme about British Museum's artifact origins.","width":800,"height":450,"nsfw":false},{"url":"https://fcdtoybbbn2ccxbp.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/images/british-museum-stealing-things/british-museum-stealing-joker-colonies.webp","caption":"Joker meme addressing colonial artifact theft.","width":680,"height":671,"nsfw":false},{"url":"https://fcdtoybbbn2ccxbp.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/images/british-museum-stealing-things/british-museum-stealing-cartoon-i-will.webp","caption":"Cartoon capturing British Museum's artifact 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