{"id":"stock-photo-cliches","name":"Stock Photo Cliches","summary":"Stock Photo Clichés are recurring absurd visual tropes in commercial stock photography that became an internet meme in 2010 via Mark Hauge's \"Awkward Stock Photos\" Tumblr.","tags":[],"howToUse":["**The curated collection**: Gather multiple examples of a single weird stock photo trope (e.g., \"women struggling to drink water,\" \"businessmen staring at scotch\"). Present them together so the pattern becomes obvious and funny.","**The single absurd image**: Pull one particularly bizarre stock photo and share it with a caption pointing out the weirdness. The less context provided, the funnier it often lands.","**The reaction image**: Use a stock photo cliché as a reaction in conversations. Sad businessman at bar works for expressing professional defeat. Woman laughing at salad works for performative happiness.","**The comparison**: Show a stock photo cliché next to the reality it supposedly represents. \"Stock photos of hackers vs. actual hackers\" is a common variation[7]."],"imageCount":6,"nsfw":false,"images":[{"url":"https://fcdtoybbbn2ccxbp.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/images/stock-photo-cliches/stock-photo-cliches-salad-laugh.webp","caption":"Quintessential salad laughing cliché.","width":800,"height":450,"nsfw":false},{"url":"https://fcdtoybbbn2ccxbp.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/images/stock-photo-cliches/stock-photo-cliches-cucumber-sandwich.webp","caption":"Irrelevant cookbook stock photo criticism.","width":680,"height":508,"nsfw":false},{"url":"https://fcdtoybbbn2ccxbp.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/images/stock-photo-cliches/stock-photo-cliches-women-water-bottles.webp","caption":"Fitness and health stock photo formula.","width":600,"height":600,"nsfw":false},{"url":"https://fcdtoybbbn2ccxbp.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/images/stock-photo-cliches/stock-photo-cliches-instant-pot-couple.webp","caption":"Interchangeable cookbook couple clichés.","width":680,"height":511,"nsfw":false},{"url":"https://fcdtoybbbn2ccxbp.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/images/stock-photo-cliches/stock-photo-cliches-women-salad.webp","caption":"Women Laughing Alone with Salad cliché.","width":490,"height":348,"nsfw":false},{"url":"https://fcdtoybbbn2ccxbp.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/images/stock-photo-cliches/stock-photo-cliches-why-so-many.webp","caption":"Repetitive cookbook cover stock photos.","width":680,"height":564,"nsfw":false}],"historyUrl":"https://fcdtoybbbn2ccxbp.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/images/stock-photo-cliches/history.md","related":[],"popularityRank":4488,"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."}