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That Doctor's degree ain't cheap for a reason!

This meme uses famous boss artwork from the notoriously difficult video game Dark Souls 3 to create a relatable medical joke. The huge, overwhelming screaming boss is labeled 'People who are unable to describe their symptoms', while the tiny player character attacking the giant boss is labeled 'Doctors who are trying to diagnose them'. The joke compares the difficulty doctors face diagnosing patients who can't explain their symptoms to fighting an overwhelmingly difficult boss in a famously hard soulslike video game.
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PEOPLE WHO ARE UNABLE TO DESCRIBE THEIR SYMPTOMS
DOCTORS WHO ARE TRYING TO DIAGNOSE THEM

Overview

This meme uses famous boss artwork from the notoriously difficult video game Dark Souls 3 to create a relatable medical joke. The huge, overwhelming screaming boss is labeled 'People who are unable to describe their symptoms', while the tiny player character attacking the giant boss is labeled 'Doctors who are trying to diagnose them'. The joke compares the difficulty doctors face diagnosing patients who can't explain their symptoms to fighting an overwhelmingly difficult boss in a famously hard soulslike video game.

Origin notes

This is a user-created meme originally posted to Reddit, with the original title given as 'That Doctor's degree ain't cheap for a reason!'. It repurposes existing official concept artwork of the Yhorm the Giant boss fight from FromSoftware's Dark Souls 3 to frame the relatable medical joke, and has been circulated across social media platforms.

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