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A meme consisting of a top text overlay and a movie screenshot. The top text reads: 'When she sends you a long text to break up with you and you notice the em dashes(—)'. Below the text is a screenshot of actor Ryan Gosling standing in a gritty, industrial setting, wearing a dark jacket with a fur collar, and displaying a serious, intense expression. The humor stems from the juxtaposition of an emotional breakup scenario with the trivial observation of grammar (em dashes), creating a sarcastic and relatable joke about overthinking small details during stressful situations.
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When she sends you a long text to break up with you and you notice the em dashes(—)

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A meme consisting of a top text overlay and a movie screenshot. The top text reads: 'When she sends you a long text to break up with you and you notice the em dashes(—)'. Below the text is a screenshot of actor Ryan Gosling standing in a gritty, industrial setting, wearing a dark jacket with a fur collar, and displaying a serious, intense expression. The humor stems from the juxtaposition of an emotional breakup scenario with the trivial observation of grammar (em dashes), creating a sarcastic and relatable joke about overthinking small details during stressful situations.

Origin notes

The meme originates from Reddit (as indicated by 'Source: Reddit:Meme'). It is a user-created remix, combining a still image from a live-action film featuring Ryan Gosling with an overlaid text caption. The creation method likely involved basic image editing software to add the text header to the movie screenshot.

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