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Following All r/news Rules Gets You Permanently Banned

This is a two-part meme using popular meme characters Doge and the crying angry red Wojak to joke about a common frustration among Reddit users: after carefully following all of the r/news subreddit's rules, users still get an unexpected permanent ban from the subreddit moderators. The first panel uses the neutral confused Doge to represent the user who abided by all rules, while the second panel uses the angry crying Wojak to represent the moderators handing out the unfair ban, highlighting common complaints about arbitrary moderation on Reddit.
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Me: follows all r/news rules
Mods: permanent ban

Overview

This is a two-part meme using popular meme characters Doge and the crying angry red Wojak to joke about a common frustration among Reddit users: after carefully following all of the r/news subreddit's rules, users still get an unexpected permanent ban from the subreddit moderators. The first panel uses the neutral confused Doge to represent the user who abided by all rules, while the second panel uses the angry crying Wojak to represent the moderators handing out the unfair ban, highlighting common complaints about arbitrary moderation on Reddit.

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This meme originates from Reddit, matching the given source information that the original post was titled "This just happened" on Reddit. It is a user-created meme that jokes about widespread user complaints about inconsistent and heavy-handed moderation on the popular Reddit subreddit r/news, combining two pre-existing popular meme characters.

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