Buyer Regrets Purchasing 'Annotated' Book On eBay That Only Has A Doodle

Wednesday, May 18 When I went in to teach class, I finally felt that something might happen, that the political system I'd grown up with, which had been showing cracks for so long, might suddenly explode. I don't know exactly where the feeling came from. Maybe it was the attitude of my grad students: even the most apathetic and apolitical looked tense, anxious. They were obviously searching their smartphones and tablets for any news

This image is a screenshot of a Reddit post from the r/redscarepod subreddit. The post, shared by user u/kevin_runner 34 days before the screenshot was taken, has text that reads "wtf this is the last time I buy an annotated book on ebay". Below the post text is a photo of a page from the used book the user received: instead of expected informational or literary annotations, a crudely drawn doodle of a stern man with glasses, furrowed brows, and a neutral frowning expression is drawn over the printed book text. The book page is dated Wednesday, May 18, and the visible printed text describes a teacher noticing growing tension and signs of impending political upheaval among their students. The humor comes from the subversion of expectations, as the purchaser expected useful scholarly notes but only got a random silly drawing from a previous owner.

The content originated as an original user post on the Reddit subreddit r/redscarepod, posted by user u/kevin_runner. It was later reposted to X.com (formerly Twitter) on the meme.jpg account, as specified in the provided source information. The relatable joke about unmet expectations when buying used goods online made it popular for cross-platform sharing as a meme.