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Lie Down / Try Not To Cry / Cry A Lot
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About
Lie Down / Try Not to Cry / Cry a Lot refers an exploitable comic based around an image featured in a College Humor article titled Realistic Gym Workout Diagrams, which featured parody workout posters. The image has been edited in a number of ways to include various characters and express humorously exaggerated sadness at various events, such as a television series ending. The original has also been included as a reaction image in popular posts with a sad or heartwarming image above it.
Origin
On September 10th, 2010, the Internet humor site College Humor[1] published a post titled "Realistic Gym Workout Diagrams," which featured parody workout posters for exercising specific muscle groups. In the article one parody poster in particular shows a man holding curling up in a fetal position with the phrase "Lie Down; Try Not to Cry; Cry a Lot" posted above (shown below). The image was later credited to CollegeHumor's Caldwell Tanner.[5]
![Try not to cry parody poster showing which muscles get an exercise from crying in a fetal position](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/000/449/061/f1a.jpg)
Spread
In late 2012, edits of the image began circulating online. On March 5th, 2013, the male centered entertainment site Mandatory[2] published an article titled "LIE DOWN. TRY NOT TO CRY. CRY A LOT. AN EMOTIONAL MEME COLLECTION" which collected several of the image edits into a single post. Many of the edits include pop culture references, generally by editing the character in the comic to be a different character from a pop culture series. Other edits include the original post as a reaction image to a heartwarming or sad story (example shown below).
![Lie Down Cry a Lot meme in reaction to the Mr. Rogers final episode Lie Down Cry a Lot meme in reaction to the Mr. Rogers final episode](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/286/156/76e.png)
There are over 9,400 "Lie Down Try Not To Cry Cry A Lot" memes on Memecenter[3] as of August 17th, 2017, though it should be noted that not every meme under the tag includes the comic. The image remains popular on Tumblr as well.[4]
Various Examples
![7e8.png After not seeing my dog in 5 months, I skyped with him last night. My mom sent me this after we disconnectec 4A LIE DOWN TRY NOT TO CRY CRY A LOT](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/masonry/000/595/759/7e8.png)
![Hans LIE DOWN TRY NOT TO CRY CRY A LOT](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/masonry/000/558/301/408.jpg)
![Parrot Interesting Fact: Alex the parrot's (A subject of a 37-year experiment) last words to his caretaker were You be good. I love you." LIE DOWN TRY NOT TO CRY CRY A LOT](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/masonry/000/454/105/27f.jpg)
![Kill La Kill Parody FOUND OUT WHO KILLED MY TRY NOT TO LOSE MY WAY LOSE MYWAY A LOT DAD](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/masonry/000/726/070/b90.jpg)
![Sadness LIE DOWN TRY NOT TO CRY CRY A LOT](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/masonry/001/051/760/ade.jpg)
![Pose a lot LIE DOWN TRY NOT TO POSE POSE A LOT](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/masonry/001/227/286/4d5.png)
Search Interest
External References
[1] College Humor – Realistic Gym Workout Diagrams
[2] Mandatory – LIE DOWN. TRY NOT TO CRY. CRY A LOT. AN EMOTIONAL MEME COLLECTION
[3] Memecenter – Lie Down Try Not To Cry Cry A Lot
[4] Tumblr – Lie Down Try Not To Cry search
[5] YouTube – Artists Draw Doctor Who Aliens
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