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How evil can you be? Amazon: yes.

The meme features a screenshot of a real person (likely an actor) with a thoughtful, subtly sinister expression, resting their chin on their hand as if contemplating. Overlaid text at the top labels the character 'Amazon', and bottom text reads 'Fire 16000 people, again'. This mocks Amazon's reputation for large-scale layoffs by framing the company as eagerly embracing 'evil' behavior,呼应 the original title 'How evil can you be? Amazon: yes.'
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The meme features a screenshot of a real person (likely an actor) with a thoughtful, subtly sinister expression, resting their chin on their hand as if contemplating. Overlaid text at the top labels the character 'Amazon', and bottom text reads 'Fire 16000 people, again'. This mocks Amazon's reputation for large-scale layoffs by framing the company as eagerly embracing 'evil' behavior,呼应 the original title 'How evil can you be? Amazon: yes.'

Origin notes

Originating from Reddit (as indicated by the source), this meme is a remix of an existing image (likely a movie/TV screenshot) edited to add critical text. It repurposes the original scene to comment on Amazon's repeated layoffs, using humor and sarcasm to critique corporate practices.

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