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This is a relatable comedy meme that jokes about the common mindless habit of muscle memory making you immediately reopen Reddit right after you intentionally close it. The top text sets up the scenario: the meme author just closed Reddit, and the reaction is credited to the author's fingers' muscle memory. The image uses a famous shocked, urgent still frame from *Back to the Future Part II*, where Doc Brown says 'We need to go back!', which perfectly represents the automatic urge to re-open the social media site. The joke plays on the universal experience of mindlessly returning to social media right after trying to step away from it.
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Me: closes Reddit My fingers' muscle memory: We need to go back!

Overview

This is a relatable comedy meme that jokes about the common mindless habit of muscle memory making you immediately reopen Reddit right after you intentionally close it. The top text sets up the scenario: the meme author just closed Reddit, and the reaction is credited to the author's fingers' muscle memory. The image uses a famous shocked, urgent still frame from Back to the Future Part II, where Doc Brown says 'We need to go back!', which perfectly represents the automatic urge to re-open the social media site. The joke plays on the universal experience of mindlessly returning to social media right after trying to step away from it.

Origin notes

This meme originates from Reddit as stated in the source metadata, with the original title 'Every single time'. It uses an existing still frame from the 1989 theatrical film Back to the Future Part II, edited with custom text to create this relatable meme about social media habits, and has been widely reposted across other social platforms after originating on Reddit.

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