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We did it, we saved the children (Age Verification Law Meme)

This is a two-panel expectation vs reality meme commenting on online age verification policies. The text at the top states that politicians implement age verification laws with the stated goal of stopping online predators from contacting children and preventing teenagers from accessing adult content. The left 'Expectation' panel shows US President Joe Biden speaking into a microphone, overlaid with the text 'We did it the children are safe', representing the intended positive outcome of the policies promoted by officials. The right 'Reality' panel shows the viral 'dead internet theory' content creator, with text reading 'Strange, why does this eighty-year old grandma has six thousand, nine hundred accounts on pornhub?', mocking the fact that these laws are easily bypassed by users creating fake accounts, failing to achieve their intended goals and leading to absurd workarounds instead of actually protecting minors.
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We did it the children are safe
Strange, why does this eighty-year old grandma has six thousand, nine hundred accounts on pornhub?

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  • Politicians Implement Age Verification Laws to stop Predators from talking to children and to stop teenagers from watching Porn*

Overview

This is a two-panel expectation vs reality meme commenting on online age verification policies. The text at the top states that politicians implement age verification laws with the stated goal of stopping online predators from contacting children and preventing teenagers from accessing adult content. The left 'Expectation' panel shows US President Joe Biden speaking into a microphone, overlaid with the text 'We did it the children are safe', representing the intended positive outcome of the policies promoted by officials. The right 'Reality' panel shows the viral 'dead internet theory' content creator, with text reading 'Strange, why does this eighty-year old grandma has six thousand, nine hundred accounts on pornhub?', mocking the fact that these laws are easily bypassed by users creating fake accounts, failing to achieve their intended goals and leading to absurd workarounds instead of actually protecting minors.

Origin notes

This meme originates from Reddit meme communities, as confirmed by the provided source information. It remixes the popular long-running 'We did it Patrick, we saved the city' meme format from the Spongebob Squarepants animated series, adapted to satirize contemporary debates over online age verification laws that were widely discussed and implemented in jurisdictions including the US and EU through the 2020s. It uses two widely shared viral reaction images for its punchline.

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