If there's one thing that Snapchat users love more than the app's dog and flower-crown lenses, it's the scissors tool.
Ever since Snapchat launched the editing feature (alongside the Prisma-like paintbrush tool) this past December, it's become one of the most popular parts of the app.
can i just say the snapchat scissors is the best thing to happen to humanity ever
— ver (@nhdivide) March 23, 2017
Whoever thought of the scissors on snapchat deserves a knighthood
— Simon Scott (@SimonScott10) February 14, 2017
the scissors option on snapchat has given my life purpose
— abbie costain (@abbiecostain) April 1, 2017
The idea behind the tool isn't revolutionary, but, like much of Snapchat, it is pure fun. Take a photo, tap the scissors icon on the upper toolbar, and outline the part of the photo that you want to turn into a sticker. You can make your sticker smaller or larger, move it anywhere on screen, and save it to the regular stickers tab for future use. It's a very simple form of Photoshop.
But users have taken the editing tool to creative, and sometimes bizarre, new heights. According to New York Magazine, some teenage boys are creating stickers of their penises, which they then enlarge for — well, you get why. In case you were wondering: Dick pics are alive and well.
A simple "snapchat sticker" Twitter search proves that boys aren't the only ones using stickers to subtly photoshop their bodies; apparently, women are creating stickers of their breasts, too.
Of course, not everyone is using stickers to sext. Below, a brief overview of some of the most popular sticker scenarios.
Exhibit A: Photobombing your teachers.
When your students get hold of a perfectly good picture (and Snapchat sticker it to someth… https://t.co/XBmwYtnEJA pic.twitter.com/JkUdkNvbGJ
— garrett gundlach, SJ (@ggundlachSJ) March 23, 2017
Exhibit B: Mocking friends.
We ain't friends if I haven't screenshot an ugly face you made on Snapchat and turned it into a sticker
— Mexican Cinderella (@__sadfish__) March 23, 2017
I have seen that ugly sticker cut out of me on Snapchat about 8 times today
— lana (@alanaorlandini) March 21, 2017
When did my face become the most popular sticker on Snapchat?
— DJ Metz (@DJMetz5) March 21, 2017
Exhibit C: Turning a popular meme into Snap art.
i tried to make a snapchat sticker of the meryl streep meme and now she's bald what have i done pic.twitter.com/xkrkfEebCe
— bren loves hayley ◡̈ (@Icvely) March 21, 2017
I found out how to make the Meryl meme into a sticker on snapchat I am LIVING
— Easton Edwards (@eastqe) March 22, 2017
Exhibit D: Taking pet love to the next level.
i tried to make a snapchat sticker of my dog but i couldn't quite get it so i just pic.twitter.com/YEpnQa4O1v
— 🥀 (@arianasazkaban) April 2, 2017
My sister figured out how to use the scissors on Snapchat pic.twitter.com/qxSekAu4mF
— Lesli Ward (@freshpresh3) January 27, 2017
Exhibit E: Putting yourself in unlikely scenarios.
When you get obsessed with using the new scissors option from #snapchat #ott pic.twitter.com/9CAM41Tm62
— Sean Sharpe (@seanie_sharpe) February 8, 2017
Have another sticker use case you're crazy about? Tell us in the comments.
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