Asking people on the internet to edit your photo rarely ends well.
A Twitter user named Salza found that out on Monday after she tweeted an ID photo of herself wearing a white shirt, black tie, and a black blazer and asked the good netizens of Indonesia for help editing it.
Butuh bantuan
Ada yang bisa ngedit foto ini biar jasnya ilang? pic.twitter.com/YRUSNGpHq9
— sayang (@salzabillarm) January 28, 2019
Need help. Can anyone edit this photo so that the blazer is removed?
Speaking to Detik, Salza — a graduate of The State School of Accounting (STAN) — explained that she needed the edited picture for her job application to become a civil servant at the Ministry of Finance.
A few helpful netizens edited her photo as requested.
https://twitter.com/helganovalr/status/1089752278213378053
“If there’s something missing please tell me, so I can revise it right away”
But the temptation to memeify her innocent request became overwhelming and in a short time Salsa’s face has become famous on the Indonesian interwebs after dozens, if not hundreds of people, shared their own funny edits of her photo.
Some toyed with the phrasing in her request for help and edited the photo by taking out Salza, not the blazer:
https://twitter.com/Eirudo/status/1089730087727943682
Another “misheard” “jas” (blazer) to mean the popular Honda car model Jazz.
Mungkin mbanya lebih suka yaris pic.twitter.com/FuFB2f3V5Z
— ham (@whatdefudge) January 28, 2019
“Maybe you prefer [Toyota] Yaris instead”
There’s also an edit of her wearing the ridiculous costume from rappers Kanye West and Lil Pump’s music video, I Love It.
Demi hype. pic.twitter.com/lRqdgaVV0Z
— Bongpay (@BNGPY) January 28, 2019
In this one, the blazer is finally gone, thanks to the celebrity illusionist Demian Aditya.
Ini mba… Jasnya hilang dengan sempurna~ pic.twitter.com/XrGOe2oMSx
— 🌑🌘🌗🌕 (@Syanwarr) January 28, 2019
Is this a marriage proposal?
Saya gabisa ngilangin jasnya mbak, tapi saya bisa ngilangin masa lajangnya mbak dan menjadi pasangan yang terbaik. Eeeeaaaakkk #menujuhalal2019 pic.twitter.com/Ljabv2PMqa
— Bakri (@Bacry_) January 28, 2019
“I can’t remove your blazer, but I can remove your single status and become the best spouse possible #RoadToHalal2019”
Numerous companies and even government organizations also joined in the fun.
Semoga membantu ya kak. 🙏
Kalo ada yang kurang, silakan follow aku dulu ya. Nanti dibantu. pic.twitter.com/XWKWPZb43Q— Grab Indonesia (@GrabID) January 28, 2019
“Hope we could help. If there’s anything you need, please follow us first, then we could help you more”
Kaya gini bukan mba? Maaf ya lama, tim kreatif kita baru dateng 🙏😀 pic.twitter.com/DpdeV0OnWF
— CGV Cinemas (@CGV_ID) January 29, 2019
“Is this what you’re looking for? Sorry we took so long, our creative team just arrived”
Kami coba bantu sebisa kami ya, Mbak. Kalau mau versi lain, silakan request via DM. Trims. pic.twitter.com/WJaAhP4XoY
— bbi_daily (@bbi_daily) January 28, 2019
“We helped as much as we could. If you want another version, please request via DM, thanks”
Selamat menempuh latsar dan selamat mengabdi di DJP ya, Salza.
Silakan foto ini bisa disampaikan ke panitia. 🙏 pic.twitter.com/rzTkqrbbB8
— #PajakKitaUntukKita (@DitjenPajakRI) January 28, 2019
“Good luck on your basic training and serving at the Directorate General of Taxation, Salza. You may hand this picture to the [basic training] committees”
As of this afternoon, Salza’s original tweet has been retweeted over 29,000 times and received more than 20,000 likes.
While this kind of viral fame must be weird, it should be noted that almost all of the photoshops we saw were in good taste and good fun. Hopefully all this newfound fame will help Salza land that job at the Ministry of Finance — they’ll definitely recognize the picture on her application, that’s for sure.
