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Relatable Father's Day Card That Perfectly Sums Up the Parenting Struggle

The meme is structured in two parts: first, two lines of text at the top set up a hypothetical conversation where Hallmark asks a designer to create a Father's Day card, and the designer replies 'Say no more'. Below this setup, a photograph shows a person's left hand holding up a dark blue Father's Day greeting card, which has white text reading 'DAD, THANKS FOR PRETENDING YOU KNEW WHAT YOU WERE DOING ALL THOSE TIMES I WAS A KID.' above a cute illustration of a smiling cartoon dog's head. The background is a store greeting card display, with other cards for birthdays, anniversaries, and other occasions visible on the shelves behind the featured card. The humor comes from the relatable truth that most parents do not have all the answers while raising children, and only realize their parents were figuring things out as they go once they become adults themselves.
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Hallmark: "Make a Father's Day card"
Designer: "Say no more"

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DAD, THANKS FOR PRETENDING YOU KNEW WHAT YOU WERE DOING ALL THOSE TIMES I WAS A KID.

Overview

The meme is structured in two parts: first, two lines of text at the top set up a hypothetical conversation where Hallmark asks a designer to create a Father's Day card, and the designer replies 'Say no more'. Below this setup, a photograph shows a person's left hand holding up a dark blue Father's Day greeting card, which has white text reading 'DAD, THANKS FOR PRETENDING YOU KNEW WHAT YOU WERE DOING ALL THOSE TIMES I WAS A KID.' above a cute illustration of a smiling cartoon dog's head. The background is a store greeting card display, with other cards for birthdays, anniversaries, and other occasions visible on the shelves behind the featured card. The humor comes from the relatable truth that most parents do not have all the answers while raising children, and only realize their parents were figuring things out as they go once they become adults themselves.

Origin notes

This meme was sourced from an RSS feed of the Reddit r/Meme subreddit. It combines a candid photograph of a real commercially sold Hallmark Father's Day greeting card with added top text to frame the card as a perfectly executed, highly relatable take on parenting and Father's Day humor.

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