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This is a screenshot of a viral social media meme. The top text above the photo reads 'Man shows eclipse to his fish'. The photo depicts two shirtless men near a body of water: one man wears solar eclipse glasses, holds a phone and laughs, while the second man holds up a fish that has a tiny pair of solar eclipse glasses placed on its face, angling it towards the sky to view the solar eclipse. Below the photo, a comment from X/Twitter user @BeefyGorilla (username georgie) reads 'Imagine an alien abducting you and forcing you to watch a cosmic event that you couldn't even comprehend'. The joke draws a humorous parallel between the man forcing the fish to participate in an eclipse viewing it cannot understand, and a hypothetical alien abduction scenario where humans are subjected to an incomprehensible cosmic event, playing on the associated caption that the fish did not consent to the activity.
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Imagine an alien abducting you and forcing you to watch a cosmic event that you couldn't even comprehend

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Man shows eclipse to his fish

Overview

This is a screenshot of a viral social media meme. The top text above the photo reads 'Man shows eclipse to his fish'. The photo depicts two shirtless men near a body of water: one man wears solar eclipse glasses, holds a phone and laughs, while the second man holds up a fish that has a tiny pair of solar eclipse glasses placed on its face, angling it towards the sky to view the solar eclipse. Below the photo, a comment from X/Twitter user @BeefyGorilla (username georgie) reads 'Imagine an alien abducting you and forcing you to watch a cosmic event that you couldn't even comprehend'. The joke draws a humorous parallel between the man forcing the fish to participate in an eclipse viewing it cannot understand, and a hypothetical alien abduction scenario where humans are subjected to an incomprehensible cosmic event, playing on the associated caption that the fish did not consent to the activity.

Origin notes

This meme first circulated on X/Twitter, posted by user @BeefyGorilla in April 2024, timed to the North American total solar eclipse that occurred that month. It was later reposted to the r/Meme subreddit on Reddit, where it was captured via an RSS feed. The original repost title on Reddit is 'the fish did not consent to this', referencing the absurd, non-consensual situation the fish is placed in for comedic effect.

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