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POV: Average Boys Photo

This is a POV joke meme featuring a real photograph of a Black man taking a selfie on a dirt path in a jungle, with two large wild gorillas standing upright directly behind him, and a park ranger visible in the distant background. The text at the top reads 'Pov: average boys photo', making a joke about how men often take casual, unphased photos in unexpectedly dangerous or wild situations that would alarm most people, framing an encounter with giant wild gorillas as a totally normal, average photo taken by a guy.
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Pov: average boys photo

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This is a POV joke meme featuring a real photograph of a Black man taking a selfie on a dirt path in a jungle, with two large wild gorillas standing upright directly behind him, and a park ranger visible in the distant background. The text at the top reads 'Pov: average boys photo', making a joke about how men often take casual, unphased photos in unexpectedly dangerous or wild situations that would alarm most people, framing an encounter with giant wild gorillas as a totally normal, average photo taken by a guy.

Origin notes

This meme originates from Reddit as a viral meme, per the given source attribution. The base image is a real photograph of a man encountering wild upright gorillas in a jungle, which was repurposed with added text to create this joke meme about casual guy behavior.

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