{"id":"michaelsoft-binbows","name":"Michaelsoft Binbows","summary":"Michaelsoft Binbows was a used computer repair store in Maebashi, Japan, whose storefront logo openly ripped off the Microsoft Windows wordmark while making a bilingual pun on the Japanese word 'binbo,' meaning 'poor.' Documented on a Japanese blog in 2001, the image slowly turned into an international image macro over the next two decades.","tags":["michaelsoft binbows","michaelsoft bindows","microsoft parody","japanese meme","binbo","maebashi","nick robinson","alf's room","bootleg microsoft"],"howToUse":[],"imageCount":6,"nsfw":false,"images":[{"url":"https://fcdtoybbbn2ccxbp.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/images/michaelsoft-binbows/michaelsoft-binbows-michaelsoft-binbows-storefront-sign.webp","caption":"The iconic storefront of the Japanese used-PC shop whose sign became the 'Michaelsoft Binbows' meme, parodying the classic Microsoft Windows logo and wordmark.","width":1200,"height":675,"nsfw":false},{"url":"https://fcdtoybbbn2ccxbp.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/images/michaelsoft-binbows/michaelsoft-binbows-michaelsoft-binbows-building-exterior.webp","caption":"A broader view of the real-life Japanese shop whose 'Michaelsoft Binbows' signage inspired the meme, with the parody Windows logo visible on multiple walls.","width":640,"height":480,"nsfw":false},{"url":"https://fcdtoybbbn2ccxbp.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/images/michaelsoft-binbows/michaelsoft-binbows-seems-legit-image-macro.webp","caption":"A 'Seems Legit' image macro built from the Michaelsoft Binbows storefront photograph, joking that the knockoff sign is convincing.","width":500,"height":458,"nsfw":false},{"url":"https://fcdtoybbbn2ccxbp.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/images/michaelsoft-binbows/michaelsoft-binbows-bill-gates-what-the-hell-reaction.webp","caption":"A reaction meme imagining Bill Gates' horror at discovering the 'Michaelsoft Binbows' knockoff of his company's branding.","width":494,"height":542,"nsfw":false},{"url":"https://fcdtoybbbn2ccxbp.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/images/michaelsoft-binbows/michaelsoft-binbows-copy-your-homework-windows.webp","caption":"The 'Can I Copy Your Homework?' meme format applied to the Michaelsoft Binbows storefront, framing it as a lightly altered copy of the Microsoft Windows logo.","width":680,"height":610,"nsfw":false},{"url":"https://fcdtoybbbn2ccxbp.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/images/michaelsoft-binbows/michaelsoft-binbows-we-have-windows-at-home.webp","caption":"The 'we have X at home' meme format applied to Microsoft Windows, with Michaelsoft Binbows as the off-brand substitute waiting at home.","width":500,"height":476,"nsfw":false}],"historyUrl":"https://fcdtoybbbn2ccxbp.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/images/michaelsoft-binbows/history.md","related":["vrm","funny-store-signs","internet-explorer","clippy","blue-screen-of-death-bsod","mac-vs-pc","microsoft","cortana-reference","age-of-empires","minecraft-earth","bill-gates","comic-sans"],"popularityRank":4045,"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."}