All this, just to tell me I don't floss enough...
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They better not pass the exam 😭
Overview
This meme depicts dental students in a training lab wearing PPE including hair covers, face masks, gloves, and lab coats, working on dental practice mannequins. The overlaid text at the top reads "They better not pass the exam 😭". The humor comes from the relatable, exaggerated frustration of patients who are regularly scolded by dentists for not flossing enough: the joke implies all the years of dental training these students go through is ultimately just to nag people about their flossing habits, so people wish the students fail their exams to avoid future lectures about poor oral hygiene.
Origin notes
This meme was sourced from an RSS feed of the Reddit r/Meme subreddit, with the original submitted title being "All this, just to tell me I don't floss enough...". It uses a real candid photo of dental students in a training laboratory, with added overlaid text and an emoji to create the comedic effect.
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