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Best Buy Sticks!

This is a 4-panel absurdist comic meme. Panel 1: A man with a bicycle purchases a stick from a vendor who is selling sticks out of a cardboard box labeled 'STICKS'. Panel 2: The man inserts the purchased stick into the spokes of his bicycle's front wheel while riding. Panel 3: The wheel locks immediately, causing the man to crash violently onto the pavement as his bicycle breaks apart partially, while the vendor watches in confusion. Panel 4: The man stands back up unharmed, returns to the vendor, and says 'Perfect,, I'll take it', implying he bought the stick explicitly to test if it would crash his bike successfully, subverting all logical expectations of why someone would purchase a stick. The joke relies on anti-humor and the completely nonsensical motivation of the main character.
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This is a 4-panel absurdist comic meme. Panel 1: A man with a bicycle purchases a stick from a vendor who is selling sticks out of a cardboard box labeled 'STICKS'. Panel 2: The man inserts the purchased stick into the spokes of his bicycle's front wheel while riding. Panel 3: The wheel locks immediately, causing the man to crash violently onto the pavement as his bicycle breaks apart partially, while the vendor watches in confusion. Panel 4: The man stands back up unharmed, returns to the vendor, and says 'Perfect,, I'll take it', implying he bought the stick explicitly to test if it would crash his bike successfully, subverting all logical expectations of why someone would purchase a stick. The joke relies on anti-humor and the completely nonsensical motivation of the main character.

Origin notes

This meme was originally shared on Reddit's r/meme subreddit under the title 'Best Buy Sticks!'. It follows the common 4-panel webcomic format for absurdist memes, with the punchline subverting audience expectations of normal consumer behavior. The title also contains a light pun referencing the North American electronics retail chain Best Buy, framing the stick as an excellent consumer purchase despite its absurd use case.

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