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What cigarette brand did ancient Egyptians use to build pyramids

This meme features an artistic depiction of ancient Egyptian workers building the Great Pyramid of Giza, with overlaid text reading 'How tf did they build this without any' that is cut off by an image of an open pack of Marlboro cigarettes. The punchline is delivered in the top Reddit comment under the post: 'They had camels idiot'. This is a double pun: 'camels' refers both to the livestock animals historically used for labor in ancient Egypt, and to Camel, another popular cigarette brand, implying the ancient workers used Camel brand cigarettes instead of Marlboro to get through the labor of building the pyramid.
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How tf did they build this without any

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This meme features an artistic depiction of ancient Egyptian workers building the Great Pyramid of Giza, with overlaid text reading 'How tf did they build this without any' that is cut off by an image of an open pack of Marlboro cigarettes. The punchline is delivered in the top Reddit comment under the post: 'They had camels idiot'. This is a double pun: 'camels' refers both to the livestock animals historically used for labor in ancient Egypt, and to Camel, another popular cigarette brand, implying the ancient workers used Camel brand cigarettes instead of Marlboro to get through the labor of building the pyramid.

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This meme is sourced from the Reddit Meme subreddit, as specified in the provided RSS source information. It is a screenshot of a user-submitted post to the subreddit, combining an edited historical artwork (possibly AI-generated) with a product image and a user comment that forms the joke's punchline. The original post title was 'what brand did they use'.

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