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Relatable Meme About Being Unable To Stop Saying 'That's Crazy'

This meme depicts a relatable humorous scenario: the top text sets up that the narrator intends to stop overusing the phrase 'that's crazy', then notes that someone performs the most trivial, normal action of simply breathing. The punchline is a widely recognized reaction image of an agitated black cat sitting upright with its front paws outstretched towards two people on either side, yelling, with the text 'that's crazy' overlaid on the cat, implying the narrator immediately fails at their goal and uses the phrase even for completely unremarkable events.
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Me: I need to stop saying "that's crazy"
Someone: literally breathes
Me: that's crazy

Overview

This meme depicts a relatable humorous scenario: the top text sets up that the narrator intends to stop overusing the phrase 'that's crazy', then notes that someone performs the most trivial, normal action of simply breathing. The punchline is a widely recognized reaction image of an agitated black cat sitting upright with its front paws outstretched towards two people on either side, yelling, with the text 'that's crazy' overlaid on the cat, implying the narrator immediately fails at their goal and uses the phrase even for completely unremarkable events.

Origin notes

This meme was sourced from an RSS feed of the X.com (formerly Twitter) account @meme.jpg. It uses the popular pre-existing 'yelling black cat between two people' reaction photo that has circulated online for years as a template for memes depicting exaggerated, over-the-top reactions to minor events, with new text added to create this specific relatable joke about overused phrases.

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