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Cigarette vs Condom Companies Ironic Business Model Meme

This darkly humorous edited meme uses a confrontation scene from The Dark Knight Rises. The imposing masked villain Bane, seen from the back with his arms outstretched, faces off against a small, silly figure in a full bright pink bodysuit (the popular Pink Guy persona from the Filthy Frank internet comedy series). Overlaid text on Bane reads 'Cigarette companies killing their best customers', while text over the pink suited figure reads 'Condom companies killing their future customers', making an ironic comparison of the inherent contradiction in both industries where their core products harm their own customer bases long-term.
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Cigarette companies killing their best customers
Condom companies killing their future customers

Overview

This darkly humorous edited meme uses a confrontation scene from The Dark Knight Rises. The imposing masked villain Bane, seen from the back with his arms outstretched, faces off against a small, silly figure in a full bright pink bodysuit (the popular Pink Guy persona from the Filthy Frank internet comedy series). Overlaid text on Bane reads 'Cigarette companies killing their best customers', while text over the pink suited figure reads 'Condom companies killing their future customers', making an ironic comparison of the inherent contradiction in both industries where their core products harm their own customer bases long-term.

Origin notes

This meme originates from the Reddit r/Meme subreddit as specified in the provided source information. It is a remixed edit combining two separate widely used meme properties: the iconic Bane versus Batman confrontation scene from Christopher Nolan's The Dark Knight Rises, and the Pink Guy character from the Filthy Frank comedy series, to deliver the joke about industry irony.

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