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Dash Spider This Isnt Sightreadable

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Published August 11, 2026

Dash Spider, also called This Isn't Sightreadable, is a pattern-recognition meme from the /r/geometrydash subreddit where players hide a controversial level layout from Geometry Dash 2.2 inside unrelated images and clips. It broke out in late January 2024 after YouTuber GD Colon criticized the section for being unreadable on sight.

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Overview

Dash Spider is a Losslike pattern-recognition meme where fans of Geometry Dash sneak the shape of a specific level segment into unrelated images and video clips, and the joke is spotting it3. The layout in question is a row of spike blocks, two platforms, and a lava pit sitting under a ceiling, taken from a spider-mode section of Geometry Dash 2.23.

The meme goes by two names. Dash Spider points at the level itself, while This Isn't Sightreadable comes from YouTuber GD Colon's complaint that the segment cannot be read on sight and drops mechanics on the player with no warning1. It sits inside a longer tradition of Geometry Dash community pattern memes that includes Devil Vortex Saws and Limbo Keys3.

Origin & Background

Platform
YouTube (source) / Reddit r/geometrydash (viral spread)
Creator
GD Colon
Date
2024

On December 24, 2022, GD Colon uploaded a YouTube video about how Geometry Dash teaches its mechanics, and near the end he called out what he named "That Spider Part" in the then-unreleased Geometry Dash 2.2, arguing it inexplicably shows players they can move sideways and up walls with no setup1.

Geometry Dash 2.2 shipped on December 19, 2023, and GD Colon followed up with a full review on January 22, 2024, cutting together footage of players getting blindsided by the spider section. That follow-up video pulled more than 480,000 views and 27,000 likes within two days and set the stage for the meme wave1.

How It Spread

The earliest Dash Spider edit came from GD Colon himself, who posted a Digging For Diamonds template version to /r/geometrydash on November 24, 2023, picking up over 3,000 upvotes in the following two months2. In late January 2024, redditors on the subreddit started splicing the spider layout into videos of other well-known Geometry Dash levels as a jumpscare, a format possibly borrowed from an earlier /r/geometrydash trend that used the Congregation demon level in the same way2.

The breakout post landed on January 23, 2024, when /u/jail_abyss shared a Dash Spider edit to /r/geometrydash and cleared over 4,000 upvotes in two days2. Inside the same 48 hours the format hopped to other gaming subreddits, including /r/btd6, where /u/TheTrueIcicle captioned one "Guys, I think this gameplay is a bit unfair for newer players" and pulled more than 3,000 upvotes4. It also hit /r/Terraria, /r/Undertale, /r/bindingofisaac, and non-gaming subs like /r/mathmemes, /r/trolleyproblem, and /r/LycorisRecoil3.

GD Colon closed the loop on January 24, 2024, posting a compilation of the off-subreddit Dash Spider memes back to /r/geometrydash, which took over 6,000 upvotes in a day and effectively canonised the wave1.

How to Use This Meme

Making one typically means hiding the Dash Spider level shape, the row of spikes with two platforms and a covered lava pit, inside another image, screenshot, or gameplay clip so it can be caught by anyone who knows the reference2. Titles often complain that the source material is "too confusing" or "not sightreadable," directly echoing GD Colon's original wording3.

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