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Cereal vs Milk Debate Meme Jokes The First Step Is Actually The Bowl

This is a two-panel meme using footage from the classic *Tom and Jerry* animated series, referencing the popular long-running internet debate over the correct order to prepare cereal. The top panel depicts Spike the bulldog and Tom the cat engaged in an intense sword fight, with text over Spike reading '1ST IS CEREAL' and text over Tom reading '1ST IS MILK', representing the two opposing sides of the argument. The bottom panel shows Jerry the mouse with a smug, self-satisfied expression, with overlaid text reading 'ME KNOWING 1ST IS THE BOWL', delivering the punchline that both arguing sides are missing the obvious first step of getting a bowl before adding either cereal or milk. The original post title adds an extra layer of humor, joking that the first step could even be grabbing a spoon before the bowl.
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I thought it was spoon first ? 😂

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1ST IS CEREAL
1ST IS MILK
ME KNOWING 1ST IS THE BOWL

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Text debating the order of steps to prepare cereal, overlaid on Tom and Jerry animation clips

Overview

This is a two-panel meme using footage from the classic Tom and Jerry animated series, referencing the popular long-running internet debate over the correct order to prepare cereal. The top panel depicts Spike the bulldog and Tom the cat engaged in an intense sword fight, with text over Spike reading '1ST IS CEREAL' and text over Tom reading '1ST IS MILK', representing the two opposing sides of the argument. The bottom panel shows Jerry the mouse with a smug, self-satisfied expression, with overlaid text reading 'ME KNOWING 1ST IS THE BOWL', delivering the punchline that both arguing sides are missing the obvious first step of getting a bowl before adding either cereal or milk. The original post title adds an extra layer of humor, joking that the first step could even be grabbing a spoon before the bowl.

Origin notes

This meme was originally posted to the Reddit r/Meme subreddit, as confirmed by the provided RSS source metadata. It repurposes a well-known fight scene from the Tom and Jerry cartoon series, edited with custom text to create a joke about the viral cereal preparation order debate. The original poster's title for the post was 'I thought it was spoon first ? 😂', adding an additional funny take on the argument.

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This two-panel meme uses assets from the classic *Tom and Jerry* animated series to joke about the common trivial internet debate over whether to pour cereal or milk first when preparing a bowl of cereal. The top panel depicts the bulldog Spike and cat Tom clashing swords, with Spike labeled '1ST IS CEREAL' and Tom labeled '1ST IS MILK' to represent the two arguing sides of the debate. The bottom panel shows Jerry the mouse grinning smugly, captioned 'ME KNOWING 1ST IS THE BOWL', which serves as the sarcastic punchline highlighting the obvious, overlooked correct answer that both arguing sides ignore.

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