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Satirical Earth as bad video game review meme

The meme is split into two sections: the top section contains a satirical list that frames human life on Earth as a poorly designed, low-rated video game. Each list item draws a humorous parallel between real life experiences and frustrating common video game mechanics: 3 years to unlock voice chat refers to toddlers learning to speak, the 18 year tutorial refers to childhood and coming of age, being banned at level 60-80 refers to average human life expectancy, no respawn refers to the permanence of death, pay to win refers to global wealth inequality, 9 month sign up refers to human gestation, not being able to choose a server or username refers to being born into a random location with a name chosen by one's parents, and the last battle royale 1930-1945 refers to World War II, with a dark humorous line teasing that a new battle royale event is coming soon. The bottom section is a first-person point-of-view shot from a person riding a Triumph motorcycle down a scenic winding road alongside a fjord, implying that even with all the flaws of the "Earth game", there are still enjoyable parts of life worth experiencing.
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Earth review: -Takes 3 yrs to unlock voice chat -Tutorial takes 18 yrs -Banned at level 60-80 -Can't respawn - Pay to win -Signing up takes 9 months - Can't choose your own server or username - Last battle royal 1930-1945 (new one soon)

Overview

The meme is split into two sections: the top section contains a satirical list that frames human life on Earth as a poorly designed, low-rated video game. Each list item draws a humorous parallel between real life experiences and frustrating common video game mechanics: 3 years to unlock voice chat refers to toddlers learning to speak, the 18 year tutorial refers to childhood and coming of age, being banned at level 60-80 refers to average human life expectancy, no respawn refers to the permanence of death, pay to win refers to global wealth inequality, 9 month sign up refers to human gestation, not being able to choose a server or username refers to being born into a random location with a name chosen by one's parents, and the last battle royale 1930-1945 refers to World War II, with a dark humorous line teasing that a new battle royale event is coming soon. The bottom section is a first-person point-of-view shot from a person riding a Triumph motorcycle down a scenic winding road alongside a fjord, implying that even with all the flaws of the "Earth game", there are still enjoyable parts of life worth experiencing.

Origin notes

This meme was sourced from the Reddit r/Meme subreddit via RSS, as specified in the provided source information, with the original submission title being "Are we for real". It combines a widely popular joke format that compares human life to a badly designed video game with a common first-person motorcycle riding POV visual that is frequently used in memes to represent finding small joys in life despite its difficulties.

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