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Cleanup Crew Watching Confetti Cannons Go Off Third Time Tonight

This meme uses a photo of Ben Affleck looking visibly exhausted, fed up, and deadpan, with his eyes closed, standing surrounded by falling multicolored confetti. Text placed above the image reads "The cleanup crew watching the confetti cannons go off for the third time tonight". The joke relays the relatable exasperation of event cleaning staff who have to do extra unnecessary work each time confetti is fired for celebrations, using Ben's famously tired expression to perfectly capture the drained, annoyed reaction of staff who know they will have to clean up the mess again.
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The cleanup crew watching the confetti cannons go off for the third time tonight

Overview

This meme uses a photo of Ben Affleck looking visibly exhausted, fed up, and deadpan, with his eyes closed, standing surrounded by falling multicolored confetti. Text placed above the image reads "The cleanup crew watching the confetti cannons go off for the third time tonight". The joke relays the relatable exasperation of event cleaning staff who have to do extra unnecessary work each time confetti is fired for celebrations, using Ben's famously tired expression to perfectly capture the drained, annoyed reaction of staff who know they will have to clean up the mess again.

Origin notes

This meme originates from Reddit's meme communities, as specified in the provided source information. It is a remix of the widely used "Sad/Tired Ben Affleck" reaction image format, which comes from original paparazzi photos of the actor looking worn out. The original poster gave the meme the title "Not that shit again", which fits the exhausted, annoyed tone of the joke. Editors added the confetti effect and the event staff themed caption to the existing reaction photo to create this relatable work humor meme.

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