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Game Tutorial Making You Waste Resources on a Useless OP Weapon

A meme featuring a screenshot of the character Homelander from the TV show 'The Boys' with an overlaid text caption. The text humorously expresses frustration about video game tutorials that force players to spend all their in-game resources upgrading an overpowered ("busted") weapon that ends up never being used. The character is shown in his signature costume, standing still with a serious expression. The image includes a watermark from 'imgflip.com' in the bottom left corner, indicating the platform where the meme was created.
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WHEN THE TUTORIAL IN THE GAME MAKES YOU USE ALL YOUR MONEY AND MATERIALS TO UPGRADE THE MOST BUSTED WEAPON IN THE GAME THAT YOU WILL NEVER USE

Overview

A meme featuring a screenshot of the character Homelander from the TV show 'The Boys' with an overlaid text caption. The text humorously expresses frustration about video game tutorials that force players to spend all their in-game resources upgrading an overpowered ("busted") weapon that ends up never being used. The character is shown in his signature costume, standing still with a serious expression. The image includes a watermark from 'imgflip.com' in the bottom left corner, indicating the platform where the meme was created.

Origin notes

This meme is a remix of a screenshot from the TV series 'The Boys,' featuring the character Homelander. The original scene is edited with a text overlay to create a relatable gaming joke. The presence of the 'imgflip.com' watermark suggests it was created using the Imgflip meme generator platform, a common tool for adding text overlays to images for meme creation.

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