This May Ruin The Serene And Tranquil Feelings You Had About Bob Ross' Paintings

by N/A, 10 years ago | 1 min read

Could it... could it be true? Is Bob Ross' reality just like those we've seen in The Road and Mad Max? Redditor greggawatt seems to think so.

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/r/FanTheories: a place where imagination runs wild.

/r/FanTheories is a subreddit (or forum) on the popular website reddit. On the subreddit, users can speculate about TV shows, books, movies, etc.

This time, Bob Ross is on the chopping block.

Okay, maybe not so much "chopping block," but user greggawatt's theory concerning Bob Ross does scrutinize the PBS star's paintings–which are noticeably (for the most part) absent of any humans–and it's pretty hilarious.

The text for greggawatt's brilliant fan theory reads as follows:

"Bob Ross paintings always feature nature scenes, and he mentions Animals but rarely mentions humans. His paintings do feature man-made structures, but never with individuals in them, they are long abandoned. There are two examples of humans in his paintings, but we can consider those are scenes featuring the last few humans left on earth. Also cabins in his scenes lack chimneys, suggesting the chimneys fell down some time ago."

He even backs up his theory with some interesting statistics...

Not. One. Human. At least not in these statistics. Greggawatt claims to have found two though. Still–that's a sparse population.

WHAT.

"Okay, fair enough, but maybe Bob Ross just doesn't care to paint humans," you say?

Check out the ominous black background. Could he actually be outside? Is the world just one giant, post-apocalyptic void?

Well then how do you explain THIS PAINTING???

Okay fine, you got me. I made that up. But that doesn't mean greggawatt's theory isn't true!

Just watch an episode and decide for yourself if greggawatt's theory holds up.