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Breaking News: Dinosaurs Are Officially Extinct

This is a single-panel absurdist meme. The upper section features a grayscale illustration of a prehistoric scene: a large long-snouted spinosaurid dinosaur stands in the left foreground facing right, while a smaller theropod dinosaur roars toward it from the right background, with multiple pterosaurs flying in the hazy, smoky prehistoric sky. Below the illustration, bold text in alternating orange and white font reads 'DINOSAURS ARE OFFICIALLY EXTINCT'. The joke comes from framing the widely known, millions-of-years-old fact of dinosaur extinction as a new, urgent breaking news announcement, creating a deadpan, silly comedic effect.
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DINOSAURS ARE OFFICIALLY EXTINCT

Overview

This is a single-panel absurdist meme. The upper section features a grayscale illustration of a prehistoric scene: a large long-snouted spinosaurid dinosaur stands in the left foreground facing right, while a smaller theropod dinosaur roars toward it from the right background, with multiple pterosaurs flying in the hazy, smoky prehistoric sky. Below the illustration, bold text in alternating orange and white font reads 'DINOSAURS ARE OFFICIALLY EXTINCT'. The joke comes from framing the widely known, millions-of-years-old fact of dinosaur extinction as a new, urgent breaking news announcement, creating a deadpan, silly comedic effect.

Origin notes

This meme was originally posted on Reddit, with the original upload title being 'Breaking news....'. It uses a publicly available generic prehistoric dinosaur illustration paired with the obvious fact of dinosaur extinction as a simple humorous setup, and has been widely reposted across multiple social media platforms as a lighthearted reaction meme.

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