Gaming
The backlog is still waiting
The sign targets the habit of collecting games faster than finishing them.
Read caption text
- The teasing opinion
- Buying games is not playing them
If Those Kids Could Read Meme Template
The format
What does If Those Kids Could Read mean?
Also called They’d Be Very Upset · Bobby Hill Sign · Principal Moss Sign Meme
Bobby holds a sign outside a classroom, and Principal Moss supplies the response below. Write a pointed opinion on the blank poster.
The sign carries a remark that would annoy its intended audience. The printed reply adds a second joke by suggesting the audience cannot read it.
The format is deliberately teasing. Light arguments about game habits, collecting supplies, or online behavior work without needing a long setup.
Origin
Bobby’s preaching reaches a classroom window.
The scene comes from the 2009 King of the Hill episode “Born Again on the Fourth of July.” Bobby holds a religious warning outside a classroom, prompting Principal Moss’s reply. [1] [2]
In May 2020, edits replaced Bobby’s message while retaining the response. Know Your Meme documents a May 7 Facebook post, a May 8 Reddit variation, and later sports-fandom versions. [2]
How the meme spread
Caption guide
Put the opinion on Bobby’s poster.
Write inside the large white poster in the top panel. Leave the lower subtitle unchanged; it provides the response to the sign.
Keep the statement short and recognizable. The reader should immediately understand which habit or belief is being teased.
- The teasing opinion
- Inside Bobby’s large white poster.
- Use black text on the white poster.
- The sign carries the opinion.
- The lower panel already delivers the reply.
- Avoid turning the caption into a paragraph.
If Those Kids Could Read examples
Original captions to try with this template.
Hobbies
Equipment is only the beginning
The distinction is uncomfortable for anyone hoping a purchase will replace time spent learning.
Read caption text
- The teasing opinion
- New gear is not practice
Technology
The headline is not the whole article
The poster pokes at reacting to a claim without reading beyond its headline.
Read caption text
- The teasing opinion
- Headlines are not research
Related formats
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Sources2 references
References for this template. Example captions are original.
- Born Again on the Fourth of July: IMDb
Identifies the 2009 episode and its story.
- If Those Kids Could Read: Know Your Meme
Explains the classroom scene and documents the May 2020 sign edits.