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Enough motivation for tonight

This meme features top text that reads 'When you are almost giving up but you hear your neighbours yelling "keep going, don't stop!" At 3 am (They even started clapping)'. Below the text is a still of Goku from the Dragon Ball Z anime lying defeated and exhausted on a rubble-strewn rocky ground. The joke relies on double entendre: the neighbors are not actually encouraging the person who is considering giving up on their task, but are instead cheering during sexual activity at 3 am, leading to an awkward, defeated feeling for the listener that is represented by Goku's worn out state.
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When you are almost giving up but you hear your neighbours yelling "keep going, don't stop!" At 3 am (They even started clapping)

Overview

This meme features top text that reads 'When you are almost giving up but you hear your neighbours yelling "keep going, don't stop!" At 3 am (They even started clapping)'. Below the text is a still of Goku from the Dragon Ball Z anime lying defeated and exhausted on a rubble-strewn rocky ground. The joke relies on double entendre: the neighbors are not actually encouraging the person who is considering giving up on their task, but are instead cheering during sexual activity at 3 am, leading to an awkward, defeated feeling for the listener that is represented by Goku's worn out state.

Origin notes

This meme was sourced from an RSS feed of the Reddit r/Meme subreddit, posted under the title 'Enough motivation for tonight'. It repurposes a canonical scene of defeated Goku from the Dragon Ball Z anime, edited with added humorous text. The @clips watermark indicates the image was first shared via a short-form clip sharing platform like TikTok or Instagram Reels before being reposted to Reddit.

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