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Fish is Drowning

The image shows murky, turbid water with a dark splotch that forms an optical illusion resembling the shape of a fish. A red circle with an arrow points to the 'head' section of this fish shape, which is edited to include a cutout of the character Joseph Cooper from the movie Interstellar wearing a space helmet, making it look like a helmeted person is trapped underwater. Three crying face emojis are placed at the bottom left to express mock sympathy. The joke relies on the absurd, ironic premise of a fish drowning, an event that is biologically impossible for fish, paired with the visual gag that the shape looks like a human who would actually be at risk of drowning underwater.
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Overview

The image shows murky, turbid water with a dark splotch that forms an optical illusion resembling the shape of a fish. A red circle with an arrow points to the 'head' section of this fish shape, which is edited to include a cutout of the character Joseph Cooper from the movie Interstellar wearing a space helmet, making it look like a helmeted person is trapped underwater. Three crying face emojis are placed at the bottom left to express mock sympathy. The joke relies on the absurd, ironic premise of a fish drowning, an event that is biologically impossible for fish, paired with the visual gag that the shape looks like a human who would actually be at risk of drowning underwater.

Origin notes

This meme was originally shared on the r/Meme subreddit on Reddit, distributed via RSS feed. It combines a popular optical illusion photograph of a shape in water that looks like a fish with a still from the movie Interstellar to create the absurd 'fish is drowning' joke.

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