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Sad Cowboy Reacting to End of Favorite Class

The meme is split into two sections: a black bar with white text at the top, followed by a still image of an emotional older cowboy. The top text reads 'When it's the last day of a class that you liked and the professor says their last goodbyes:'. The image below shows a somber, gray-haired man wearing a cowboy hat, appearing to hold back tears, which captures the quiet bittersweet sadness of saying goodbye to a well-liked class and professor at the end of a semester. A 'made with mematic' watermark is visible in the bottom left corner.
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When it's the last day of a class that you liked and the professor says their last goodbyes:

Overview

The meme is split into two sections: a black bar with white text at the top, followed by a still image of an emotional older cowboy. The top text reads 'When it's the last day of a class that you liked and the professor says their last goodbyes:'. The image below shows a somber, gray-haired man wearing a cowboy hat, appearing to hold back tears, which captures the quiet bittersweet sadness of saying goodbye to a well-liked class and professor at the end of a semester. A 'made with mematic' watermark is visible in the bottom left corner.

Origin notes

This meme is sourced from the RSS feed of X.com (formerly Twitter) user meme.jpg. The base reaction image is a screencap of actor Sam Elliott portraying Shea Brennan from the Paramount+ Western drama series 1883, a widely shared meme template used to express repressed sadness. The meme was edited using the Mematic mobile meme creation app, as indicated by the included watermark, and is a derivative work of the popular pre-existing crying cowboy meme template.

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