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It's actually really thoughtful of me..

The meme takes place inside a crowded public bus. A young man wearing a grey hoodie and blue backpack sits in a passenger seat looking down at his mobile phone, while an elderly woman with short curly white hair stands directly next to him holding a vertical support pole. Overlaid text presents a sarcastic internal monologue from the seated young man, justifying his choice not to offer his seat to the elderly woman by claiming he is doing it to make her feel young and capable of standing, rather than admitting he is being selfish and rude.
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I don't give up my seat for an elderly person because I want them to feel they are still young and can manage

Overview

The meme takes place inside a crowded public bus. A young man wearing a grey hoodie and blue backpack sits in a passenger seat looking down at his mobile phone, while an elderly woman with short curly white hair stands directly next to him holding a vertical support pole. Overlaid text presents a sarcastic internal monologue from the seated young man, justifying his choice not to offer his seat to the elderly woman by claiming he is doing it to make her feel young and capable of standing, rather than admitting he is being selfish and rude.

Origin notes

This meme was sourced from an RSS feed of the Reddit r/Meme subreddit, posted with the original title 'It's actually really thoughtful of me..'. It uses a widely circulated candid photograph of a public transit scene, with custom humorous text added to create a joke about selfish people inventing false virtuous justifications for their inconsiderate behavior.

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