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Fisherman Networking Pun Meme

This is a hand-drawn single panel cartoon meme playing on a pun of the word 'networking'. It depicts a fisherman wearing a knit hat, orange jacket, and waterproof waders standing waist-deep in shallow water, holding a fishing net. The text at the top reads 'NETWORKING??', the fisherman responds on the left with 'Umm yea', and on the right with 'I Sure Hope It Does.'. The joke relies on the double meaning of 'networking': the common professional term for social and professional relationship building, and the literal interpretation of 'net working' (the fisherman hoping his fishing net functions properly to catch fish).
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NETWORKING??
Umm yea
I Sure Hope It Does.

Overview

This is a hand-drawn single panel cartoon meme playing on a pun of the word 'networking'. It depicts a fisherman wearing a knit hat, orange jacket, and waterproof waders standing waist-deep in shallow water, holding a fishing net. The text at the top reads 'NETWORKING??', the fisherman responds on the left with 'Umm yea', and on the right with 'I Sure Hope It Does.'. The joke relies on the double meaning of 'networking': the common professional term for social and professional relationship building, and the literal interpretation of 'net working' (the fisherman hoping his fishing net functions properly to catch fish).

Origin notes

This original hand-drawn meme was posted to the Reddit Meme subreddit by user u/Prestigious-Gold1222, who confirmed they created the art themself. It originated as an original pun meme on the Reddit platform, with no prior existing source material it is derived from.

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