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The duality of cursive

This meme jokes about the ambiguity of messy cursive handwriting. The top section shows a photo of a Starbucks iced beverage cup where the barista wrote the name 'Luna' in cursive, which can easily be misread as the vulgar English slur 'Cunt'. Below the cup photo is the popular 'Woman Yelling at a Cat' meme format: the left panel shows an angry yelling woman labeled 'LUNA' with a moon emoji, representing the intended reading of the cursive text, while the right panel shows a confused unimpressed cat at a dinner table labeled 'Cunt' with a sun emoji, representing the accidental vulgar misreading, illustrating the 'duality' of the same handwritten text referenced in the title.
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Messy cursive text 'Luna' written on a Starbucks iced drink cup, with labels 'LUNA' (with moon emoji) and 'Cunt' (with sun emoji) below the cup photo

Overview

This meme jokes about the ambiguity of messy cursive handwriting. The top section shows a photo of a Starbucks iced beverage cup where the barista wrote the name 'Luna' in cursive, which can easily be misread as the vulgar English slur 'Cunt'. Below the cup photo is the popular 'Woman Yelling at a Cat' meme format: the left panel shows an angry yelling woman labeled 'LUNA' with a moon emoji, representing the intended reading of the cursive text, while the right panel shows a confused unimpressed cat at a dinner table labeled 'Cunt' with a sun emoji, representing the accidental vulgar misreading, illustrating the 'duality' of the same handwritten text referenced in the title.

Origin notes

This meme was sourced from the Reddit r/Meme subreddit, as provided in the accompanying source information. It remixes the extremely popular 'Woman Yelling at a Cat' meme template, which originated from a 2011 Real Housewives of Beverly Hills clip and a 2018 viral photo of a cat named Smudge, to highlight the common experience of misreading poorly written cursive text.

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