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Most boomer complaint I have: Want physical restaurant menus instead of QR codes

This is a reaction meme consisting of text overlaid on top of the viral 'enraged Mr. Incredible' template. The top text reads 'I WANT A PHYSICAL FUCKING MENU AT A RESTAURANT. NONE OF THIS QR CODE BULLSHIT'. The visual below shows Bob Parr (Mr. Incredible from Pixar's The Incredibles) leaning over a desk, red-faced with anger, raising one fist while holding his glasses in the other hand, with crumpled pieces of paper scattered on the desk in front of him. The meme expresses extreme, humorous frustration with the modern trend of restaurants replacing physical printed menus with QR codes that require diners to use their personal phones to view the menu, framed as a typical 'boomer' style complaint by the original poster.
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I WANT A PHYSICAL FUCKING MENU AT A RESTAURANT. NONE OF THIS QR CODE BULLSHIT

Overview

This is a reaction meme consisting of text overlaid on top of the viral 'enraged Mr. Incredible' template. The top text reads 'I WANT A PHYSICAL FUCKING MENU AT A RESTAURANT. NONE OF THIS QR CODE BULLSHIT'. The visual below shows Bob Parr (Mr. Incredible from Pixar's The Incredibles) leaning over a desk, red-faced with anger, raising one fist while holding his glasses in the other hand, with crumpled pieces of paper scattered on the desk in front of him. The meme expresses extreme, humorous frustration with the modern trend of restaurants replacing physical printed menus with QR codes that require diners to use their personal phones to view the menu, framed as a typical 'boomer' style complaint by the original poster.

Origin notes

This meme was originally posted to Reddit's r/memes subreddit with the title 'Most boomer complaint I have'. It is a derivative work that adds custom complaint text to the widely used 'angry Mr. Incredible' reaction meme template, which originates from a scene in Pixar's animated film The Incredibles.

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