Dictate Deez Simpsons Rich Greed Meme
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Two-panel satirical text making fun of excessively wealthy people's controlling greed, paired with the slang pun title 'Dictate deez' referencing 'deez nuts'
Overview
This is a 2-panel satirical meme using footage from The Simpsons. The first panel shows a wealthy businessman character in a thinking pose with text reading 'I'm already obscenely rich and powerful, perhaps that is enough.' The second panel shows the same character looking determined, with text reading 'No. I also want to dictate other people's lives.' The meme mocks the excessive greed and desire for control common among extremely wealthy people who already have more than enough resources. The original post title 'Dictate deez' adds a crude, funny punchline via a pun on the popular 'deez nuts' internet slang phrase.
Origin notes
The base footage is taken from the long-running animated sitcom The Simpsons. Custom text was added to the two still frames to create the meme format. It was shared as a meme on the Reddit Meme subreddit, distributed via RSS feed, with the original submission title 'Dictate deez' to add the slang pun layer to the joke.
![An edited screenshot from the animated TV show 'The Simpsons' featuring a character with a shocked expression, holding two white squares each displaying the number '0'. Behind the character is a partial sign reading 'DAYS WITHOUT'. Prominently overlaid in bold yellow and white text is 'IDIOCACY BECOMING REALITY'. The meme humorously repurposes the '0 days without [incident]' format—typically used in workplaces to track safety streaks—to satirize the frequent perception that the 2006 film 'Idiocracy' (which depicts a dystopian future of societal decline) is increasingly reflecting现实.](https://gagbase.com/i/c/memes/74/ef/9d/6f/74ef9d6f0896a3e35468ec49936ff372.jpeg.webp)
