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I couldn’t believe it was real: Island protection vs resort development meme

This is a two-panel edit of the popular Drake Hotline Bling reaction meme. The top panel features Drake frowning and holding his hand up in a rejection gesture, paired with text that reads "Keep an environmentally protected island, protected." The bottom panel shows Drake smiling and pointing approvingly, paired with text that reads "Pass a law to specifically allow 5-Star resorts to be built." The meme satirizes and critiques governing bodies that prioritize luxury tourism profits over preserving the environmental integrity of protected natural island areas, highlighting an ironic and hypocritical policy choice.
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Keep an environmentally protected island, protected.
Pass a law to specifically allow 5-Star resorts to be built.

Overview

This is a two-panel edit of the popular Drake Hotline Bling reaction meme. The top panel features Drake frowning and holding his hand up in a rejection gesture, paired with text that reads "Keep an environmentally protected island, protected." The bottom panel shows Drake smiling and pointing approvingly, paired with text that reads "Pass a law to specifically allow 5-Star resorts to be built." The meme satirizes and critiques governing bodies that prioritize luxury tourism profits over preserving the environmental integrity of protected natural island areas, highlighting an ironic and hypocritical policy choice.

Origin notes

This meme is sourced from the Reddit: Meme RSS feed as specified in the provided additional information. It uses the ubiquitous Drake Hotline Bling meme template, which originated from Drake's 2015 Hotline Bling music video and has become a widely used format for expressing a preference for one option over another, often for satirical or humorous purposes. It was posted to the Reddit Meme community with the original title "I couldn’t believe it was real".

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