A Recursive Series of Paintings Inspired by One Woman’s Second-Ever Work of Art

Over the last couple of weeks, Reddit users have been slowly but steadily breaking the internet’s space-time continuum with a series of recursive paintings. The fateful catalyst was posted on Reddit two weeks ago, with a photo of a woman holding a painting of a bird, her second painting ever. The photo’s caption, “My mom painted this and said no one would like it. It’s her 2nd painting,” inspired another user to paint a painting of the woman holding her painting, captioned “I painted somebody’s mom,” and mayhem ensued from there… You can follow the progress of this real-life meme via this Github page.

This is her second painting ever.

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People Around The World Went Pantless For The Annual “No Pants Subway Ride”…

The “No Pants Subway Ride” is an annual event where people ride the subway while they are not wearing pants. The event is organized by Improv Everywhere, and has coordinators in cities around the world. Participants are instructed to behave as everything were normal. If their fellow passengers ask them why they aren’t wearing pants, they should reply that they simply forgot to put them on. They should also insist that it is a coincidence that others also forgot their pants.

No pants subway ride participants in NYC.

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