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Europeans mocking American health while chain smoking meme

The meme features text at the top that first reads "EUROPEANS: LOL AMERICANS ARE SO FAT AND UNHEALTHY", followed by the line "ALSO EUROPEANS:". Below this text is an edited illustration of the anime character Frieren holding and smoking an extremely large bundle of dozens of lit cigarettes, with heavy smoke billowing up behind her. The joke is sarcastic, calling out the common hypocrisy of Europeans criticizing American unhealthy lifestyle habits while ignoring very high smoking rates that are also prevalent and harmful to health across many European countries.
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EUROPEANS: LOL AMERICANS ARE SO FAT AND UNHEALTHY
ALSO EUROPEANS:

Overview

The meme features text at the top that first reads "EUROPEANS: LOL AMERICANS ARE SO FAT AND UNHEALTHY", followed by the line "ALSO EUROPEANS:". Below this text is an edited illustration of the anime character Frieren holding and smoking an extremely large bundle of dozens of lit cigarettes, with heavy smoke billowing up behind her. The joke is sarcastic, calling out the common hypocrisy of Europeans criticizing American unhealthy lifestyle habits while ignoring very high smoking rates that are also prevalent and harmful to health across many European countries.

Origin notes

This meme was sourced from the Reddit: Meme subreddit per the provided RSS source information. It uses a popular edited meme template derived from the anime Frieren: Beyond Journey's End, specifically the widely circulated "Frieren chain smoking" reaction image format that is commonly used online to call out contradictory or hypocritical behavior.

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