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Dads vs Kids Climate Change Meme

A meme featuring a man sitting in a cable car with a scenic mountain view in the background. Overlaid text reads: 'Back then dads had 3-4 kids. Now kids have 3-4 dads. Climate change is crazy.' The meme uses sarcasm to contrast generational family structures, humorously linking the change to climate change.
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Back then dads had 3-4 kids. Now kids have 3-4 dads. Climate change is crazy

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A meme featuring a man sitting in a cable car with a scenic mountain view in the background. Overlaid text reads: 'Back then dads had 3-4 kids. Now kids have 3-4 dads. Climate change is crazy.' The meme uses sarcasm to contrast generational family structures, humorously linking the change to climate change.

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The meme is sourced from Reddit (specifically the r/Meme community). It appears to be a user-created image, likely edited by adding text overlay to a photograph of a man in a cable car. There is no indication of it being a remix or translation of another meme.

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