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Call the Ambulance! But Not for Me! Meme

A two-panel meme featuring a photoshopped character with an exaggerated face. The top panel shows the character leaning towards another person holding a knife, with the text 'Call the ambulance!' in yellow. The bottom panel shows the same character now holding a shotgun, with the text 'But not for me!' in yellow. The background includes a blue car and blue dumpsters, suggesting an outdoor urban setting. The humor comes from the ironic twist in the text, subverting the expectation of needing an ambulance for oneself to implying it's for someone else.
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Call the ambulance!
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But not for me!

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Call the ambulance! But not for me!

Overview

A two-panel meme featuring a photoshopped character with an exaggerated face. The top panel shows the character leaning towards another person holding a knife, with the text 'Call the ambulance!' in yellow. The bottom panel shows the same character now holding a shotgun, with the text 'But not for me!' in yellow. The background includes a blue car and blue dumpsters, suggesting an outdoor urban setting. The humor comes from the ironic twist in the text, subverting the expectation of needing an ambulance for oneself to implying it's for someone else.

Origin notes

This meme appears to be a remix created through Photoshop, featuring a photoshopped face (likely a well-known meme face) superimposed onto a real-life image. The watermark 'ubediro' in the bottom left suggests the creator or uploader. It is commonly circulated on platforms like Twitter/X or Reddit, typical of reaction memes with ironic or dark humor.

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