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We Agreed To A Cease Fire Strait Of Hormuz Meme

This is a single-panel meme that uses a popular cartoon character template from the animated show South Park to comment on recent geopolitical events around the Strait of Hormuz. The image shows a deadpan cartoon businessman sitting at an office desk, with large bold text at the top reading 'WE AGREED TO A CEASE FIRE AND OPENED THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ', and matching styled text at the bottom reading 'AAAAAAND ITS CLOSED'. The meme jokes that after a ceasefire agreement was reached to reopen this strategic international shipping lane, it was quickly closed again shortly after, conveying frustration with repeated back-and-forth conflict and trade disruptions.
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WE AGREED TO A CEASE FIRE AND OPENED THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ
AAAAAAND ITS CLOSED

Overview

This is a single-panel meme that uses a popular cartoon character template from the animated show South Park to comment on recent geopolitical events around the Strait of Hormuz. The image shows a deadpan cartoon businessman sitting at an office desk, with large bold text at the top reading 'WE AGREED TO A CEASE FIRE AND OPENED THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ', and matching styled text at the bottom reading 'AAAAAAND ITS CLOSED'. The meme jokes that after a ceasefire agreement was reached to reopen this strategic international shipping lane, it was quickly closed again shortly after, conveying frustration with repeated back-and-forth conflict and trade disruptions.

Origin notes

This meme originates from a Reddit post with the original title 'Tired of this....'. It adapts the popular 'AAAAAAND its gone' meme template from South Park, created using the imgflip online meme generator, which is confirmed by the visible imgflip.com watermark in the bottom left corner of the image.

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