What is 2/10 Would Not Bang?

2/10 Would Not Bang is a 2012 image macro that pastes an ironically low rating and red-text 'flaw' callouts onto photos of attractive people to parody hypercritical online commenters.

Where did 2/10 Would Not Bang come from?

It started on January 3rd, 2012 in a 4chan /b/ thread built around a photo of wrestler Stacy Keibler. The phrasing 'would not bang' first stuck on the humor site Fark in 2004.

What does 2/10 Would Not Bang mean?

The label mocks the way some internet posters rate strangers' looks harshly for tiny or imagined flaws, treating a glamour shot like it has failed a checklist.

How do you use 2/10 Would Not Bang?

Take a photo of an attractive person, add red text or arrows pointing at trivial 'flaws', then drop a low X/10 rating and the words 'Would Not Bang' onto the frame.

Is 2/10 Would Not Bang still popular?

Peak activity ran from January to April 2012 across 4chan, Reddit, FunnyJunk and Tumblr, with mainstream write-ups from UpRoxx, Slacktory and the Huffington Post that same month. It is a classic 4chan-era image macro rather than a currently active format.

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Published August 15, 2026

2/10 Would Not Bang is a 2012 image macro that mocks internet commenters who nitpick attractive people's photos for imaginary flaws. It started on 4chan with a Stacy Keibler picture rated 2 out of 10, and the ironic scoring format spread across Reddit, FunnyJunk and Tumblr within weeks.

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Overview

2/10 Would Not Bang is an image macro series that overlays red-text callouts onto photos of attractive people, pointing at minor or imagined flaws, capped by an ironically low rating in white text1. The format parodies internet commenters who pick apart strangers' looks with a straight face2.

The layout is instantly readable: a glamour shot with red arrows or red overlay text drawing attention to minor facial details or accessory quirks, plus the white 'X/10 / Would Not Bang' verdict at the bottom4. The scoring stays harsh no matter how flattering the source photo is, which is the joke1.

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Origin & Background

Platform

4chan /b/ (viral spread on Reddit and FunnyJunk)

Date

2012

The 'would not bang' phrasing traces back to a June 23rd, 2004 Fark comment thread on a Playboy gallery of model Carla Harvey, where user studman69 posted the line as a bit and it stuck around the site as an ironic catchphrase7. The verdict format returned via the Butthurt Dweller advice animal in 2011, with a September 15th Meme Generator image reading '6/10 / Would Not Bang'8.

The image macro proper landed on January 3rd, 2012, when a /b/ thread titled 'Would not bang' posted a photo of wrestler and model Stacy Keibler with red callouts and a '2/10 / Would Not Bang' overlay, drawing 545 replies of new template edits before the thread archived6.

How It Spread

The same day, a compilation was reposted to /r/4chan under the title '2/10 would not bang girls'5. On January 4th, a set of examples went up on FunnyJunk, and by January 7th the format had jumped to a Bodybuilding.com forum thread featuring the original Keibler image4.

Coverage arrived fast. UpRoxx ran a piece on January 24th praising the meme for making fun of hypercritical beauty commenters1, and the next day Slacktory writer Cole Stryker called it '4chan's Funniest New Meme'2. On January 23rd, an inverse edit of Valve co-founder Gabe Newell captioned '10/10, would bang' hit the front page of r/gaming with over 800 upvotes in under 24 hours9.

The Huffington Post covered the spinoffs on January 26th, cataloguing 'would not eat', 'would not save' and 'would not date' variants under a 'Would Not X' snowclone3. By April 24th, 2012, a dedicated Facebook page had gathered 192 likes and the Tumblr tag '#would not bang' had built up its own archive of edits4.

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How to Use This Meme

The typical build starts with a photo of a conventionally attractive person. Contributors often add red text or arrows pointing at tiny 'flaws' like an asymmetric earring or a stray strand of hair, then drop a white 'X/10 / Would Not Bang' verdict at the bottom of the frame2. The 'Would Not X' variant swaps 'bang' for other verbs like 'eat' or 'save' to fit non-romantic photos3.