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Can't see the bribe so car passes inspection

This is a single-panel humorous meme. The top of the image has text showing a friend asking, 'How on Earth did your car pass inspection?', followed by text introducing 'Your inspector:'. The lower part of the image is a photo of a male car inspector positioned under a vehicle, looking up at the car's underside, with paper cash bills taped over both lenses of his eyeglasses. The joke is a visual pun: the bribe money is literally blocking the inspector's view, implying he intentionally ignored any defects of the car in exchange for the bribe, which explains why the unfit car passed the inspection.
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Friend: "How on Earth did your car pass inspection?"
Your inspector:

Overview

This is a single-panel humorous meme. The top of the image has text showing a friend asking, 'How on Earth did your car pass inspection?', followed by text introducing 'Your inspector:'. The lower part of the image is a photo of a male car inspector positioned under a vehicle, looking up at the car's underside, with paper cash bills taped over both lenses of his eyeglasses. The joke is a visual pun: the bribe money is literally blocking the inspector's view, implying he intentionally ignored any defects of the car in exchange for the bribe, which explains why the unfit car passed the inspection.

Origin notes

This meme is sourced from the RSS feed of the Reddit r/Meme subreddit, with the original shared title being 'Cant see the bribe'. It plays on the widely recognized cultural trope of bribing vehicle inspectors to overlook vehicle problems during mandatory roadworthiness checks, and is circulated as a relatable joke on social media platforms.

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