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Company Adds AI System, My Reaction

A two-panel meme using a screenshot from the 2000 film 'American Psycho' featuring Christian Bale as Patrick Bateman. The top text reads 'Company: "We are adding a new AI system to the services we provide to you today"' followed by 'Me:'. The first panel shows Bateman smiling and saying 'Very impressive.' in yellow text, appearing genuinely impressed. The second panel shows him with a concerned expression, hand raised to his face, asking 'How do I turn it off?' in yellow text. The humor lies in the sarcastic contrast between feigned enthusiasm and immediate desire to disable the new technology.
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Company
We are adding a new AI system to the services we provide to you today
Me
Very impressive.
Me
How do I turn it off?

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A two-panel meme humorously depicting a person's sarcastic reaction to a company introducing a new AI system, feigning impressiveness before immediately asking how to disable it.

Overview

A two-panel meme using a screenshot from the 2000 film 'American Psycho' featuring Christian Bale as Patrick Bateman. The top text reads 'Company: "We are adding a new AI system to the services we provide to you today"' followed by 'Me:'. The first panel shows Bateman smiling and saying 'Very impressive.' in yellow text, appearing genuinely impressed. The second panel shows him with a concerned expression, hand raised to his face, asking 'How do I turn it off?' in yellow text. The humor lies in the sarcastic contrast between feigned enthusiasm and immediate desire to disable the new technology.

Origin notes

The meme is a remix of a scene from the film 'American Psycho,' edited with custom text overlay to create a relatable joke about workplace technology. The original screenshot is from the movie, but the dialogue has been altered. Such memes are commonly created using image editing tools to add text overlays and are widely circulated on platforms like Reddit, Twitter/X, or Instagram, typically by user-generated content creators.

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