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American Chopper Glitter Hobby Argument Meme

This is a 5-panel reaction meme using the classic American Chopper father-son arguing format. Panel 1: Paul Teutul Sr. yells that he needs to learn a new hobby. Panel 2: Paul Teutul Jr. shouts back, pointing out Sr. already has 74 hobbies. Panel 3: Sr. justifies the new hobby by noting it uses glitter. Panel 4: Jr. expresses frustration, yelling that glitter is already scattered everywhere in their space. Panel 5: Sr. dismisses Jr.'s objection, stating he does not care and will purchase all required supplies for the hobby to store in a drawer regardless. The humor derives from the relatable experience of craving a new hobby even when you already have too many existing hobbies, as well as the common real-life frustration of glitter being extremely difficult to clean and spreading to every surface easily.
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I NEED TO LEARN THIS NEW HOBBY
YOU ALREADY HAVE 74 HOBBIES
THIS HOBBY HAS GLITTER
THERE IS ALREADY GLITTER EVERYWHERE
I DON'T CARE, I'M GOING TO BUY ALL THE CRAP I NEED AND PUT IT IN A DRAWER

Overview

This is a 5-panel reaction meme using the classic American Chopper father-son arguing format. Panel 1: Paul Teutul Sr. yells that he needs to learn a new hobby. Panel 2: Paul Teutul Jr. shouts back, pointing out Sr. already has 74 hobbies. Panel 3: Sr. justifies the new hobby by noting it uses glitter. Panel 4: Jr. expresses frustration, yelling that glitter is already scattered everywhere in their space. Panel 5: Sr. dismisses Jr.'s objection, stating he does not care and will purchase all required supplies for the hobby to store in a drawer regardless. The humor derives from the relatable experience of craving a new hobby even when you already have too many existing hobbies, as well as the common real-life frustration of glitter being extremely difficult to clean and spreading to every surface easily.

Origin notes

This meme uses the widely circulated American Chopper argument template, which originates from a 2009 episode of the Discovery Channel reality show American Chopper documenting a fight between Paul Teutul Sr. and Paul Teutul Jr. of Orange County Choppers. This specific edited joke version was shared via RSS from the X.com (formerly Twitter) account @meme.jpg, and is part of a common trend of editing the argument template to depict relatable everyday disagreements or decision-making conflicts.

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