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Meme mocks people who defend indifferent billionaires using viral high five fail photo

The meme consists of two parts: top text that reads "How poor people look defending billionaires that don't give AF about them", paired with a viral photo taken at an NBA game. In the photo, a male fan leans over stadium seating railings, extending his hand to high five Golden State Warriors players Klay Thompson (wearing jersey #11) and Stephen Curry (wearing jersey #30) as they walk off the court. Both players ignore the fan entirely, leaving his high five hanging unreturned. The visual is used as a sarcastic analogy for working class people who vocally defend ultra-wealthy billionaires, who in turn have no awareness of or investment in the wellbeing of those people.
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How poor people look defending billionaires that don't give AF about them

Overview

The meme consists of two parts: top text that reads "How poor people look defending billionaires that don't give AF about them", paired with a viral photo taken at an NBA game. In the photo, a male fan leans over stadium seating railings, extending his hand to high five Golden State Warriors players Klay Thompson (wearing jersey #11) and Stephen Curry (wearing jersey #30) as they walk off the court. Both players ignore the fan entirely, leaving his high five hanging unreturned. The visual is used as a sarcastic analogy for working class people who vocally defend ultra-wealthy billionaires, who in turn have no awareness of or investment in the wellbeing of those people.

Origin notes

This meme repurposes a 2015 viral photograph of a Golden State Warriors fan being ignored while attempting to high five players Klay Thompson and Steph Curry at an NBA game, with added satirical text. It was distributed via RSS feed from the X (formerly Twitter) account @meme.jpg.

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