Well, the reddit thread is referencing a 4chan post that is much older. Looks like this is a screenshot of the original post, from 2013: https://m.imgur.com/dg

Well, the reddit thread is referencing a 4chan post that is much older. Looks like this is a screenshot of the original post, from 2013: https://m.imgur.com/dgGvgKF https://m.imgur.com/dgGvgKF So the patent still predates the joke by a few years, but not by that much.