About My Body Is a Machine
The My Body Is a Machine meme is a phrasal template featuring a muscular skeleton doing a heavy squat. It is commonly used with the phrase “My body is a machine that turns X into Y,” turning everyday habits, bodily reactions, or absurd situations into jokes.
The image comes from Jim S.’s 2010 artwork “Death Squat.” The format became a meme in January 2021 after a Reddit post used the image with the caption “My body is a machine that turns ice cream into diarrhea.” It later spread more widely across social media.
