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4th Homie Left Out When Teacher Asks For Groups of 3

This relatable meme consists of two lines of text at the top followed by a reaction image. The first line reads "Teacher: Guys quickly make group of 3", the second line reads "4th homie:". Below the text is a photo of actor Kevin Costner as Jonathan Kent from *Man of Steel*, holding his right hand out in a firm stop gesture with a serious, resigned expression. The joke references the common awkward student experience where a teacher asks the class to form groups of 3, leaving one person (the 4th homie) excluded as all other students have already formed their trios, the stop gesture implies the 4th friend is being rejected from joining an existing group.
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Teacher: Guys quickly make group of 3
4th homie:

Overview

This relatable meme consists of two lines of text at the top followed by a reaction image. The first line reads "Teacher: Guys quickly make group of 3", the second line reads "4th homie:". Below the text is a photo of actor Kevin Costner as Jonathan Kent from Man of Steel, holding his right hand out in a firm stop gesture with a serious, resigned expression. The joke references the common awkward student experience where a teacher asks the class to form groups of 3, leaving one person (the 4th homie) excluded as all other students have already formed their trios, the stop gesture implies the 4th friend is being rejected from joining an existing group.

Origin notes

The reaction image used is sourced from a scene in the 2013 superhero film Man of Steel, where Jonathan Kent gestures for Clark Kent to stop saving him during a tornado. This reaction image has been a popular meme template for conveying rejection, refusal, or being left out since the film's release. This specific iteration of the meme was shared on X (formerly Twitter) by the account @meme.jpg, as indicated by the provided source RSS feed. It is a common relatable meme circulated on social media platforms among student audiences.

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