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But you said the pain would be a little?

This meme is a screenshot of an X (formerly Twitter) post structured as a joke with an accompanying reaction image. The text sets up a scenario where a dentist warns a patient their dental procedure will only hurt a little, the patient agrees to proceed, then the dentist unexpectedly reveals he is having an affair with the patient's wife. The punchline is the following reaction image: a heavily crying, distressed animated male character from Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, which conveys that the infidelity revelation is far more painful than any dental procedure could be, playing on the dentist's earlier promise of only 'a little' pain.
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Dentist: "This will hurt a little." Patient: "OK." Dentist: "I'm having an affair with your wife." Patient:

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Dentist: "This will hurt a little."
Patient: "OK."
Dentist: "I'm having an affair with your wife."

Overview

This meme is a screenshot of an X (formerly Twitter) post structured as a joke with an accompanying reaction image. The text sets up a scenario where a dentist warns a patient their dental procedure will only hurt a little, the patient agrees to proceed, then the dentist unexpectedly reveals he is having an affair with the patient's wife. The punchline is the following reaction image: a heavily crying, distressed animated male character from Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, which conveys that the infidelity revelation is far more painful than any dental procedure could be, playing on the dentist's earlier promise of only 'a little' pain.

Origin notes

The joke was first posted as a tweet on X (Twitter) by verified user @Haryormdey4u, then later reposted on Reddit in meme communities with the original title referencing the discrepancy between the dentist's promised minor pain and the extreme emotional pain of the infidelity reveal. The reaction image used is a widely circulated still from the 2018 animated film Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse featuring the character Peter B. Parker crying, which is commonly used in internet culture to express extreme distress or overwhelming emotional pain.

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