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GTA VI Preorder Joke Using Parks and Rec Hospital Scene

This is a two-panel reaction meme using a scene from the live-action sitcom *Parks and Recreation*. The top panel shows a nurse in blue scrubs holding a clipboard, asking a male patient in a hospital gown: 'Do you have any history of mental illness in your family ?'. The bottom panel cuts to the patient, Ron Swanson, looking weary and distressed as he responds: 'i have a brother who pre-ordered GTA VI'. The sarcastic joke frames the act of pre-ordering the highly anticipated, not yet released video game Grand Theft Auto VI as such an irrational, foolish choice that it qualifies as evidence of familial mental illness.
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Do you have any history of mental illness in your family ?
i have a brother who pre-ordered GTA VI

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The meme jokes that pre-ordering GTA VI is equivalent to having a family history of mental illness

Overview

This is a two-panel reaction meme using a scene from the live-action sitcom Parks and Recreation. The top panel shows a nurse in blue scrubs holding a clipboard, asking a male patient in a hospital gown: 'Do you have any history of mental illness in your family ?'. The bottom panel cuts to the patient, Ron Swanson, looking weary and distressed as he responds: 'i have a brother who pre-ordered GTA VI'. The sarcastic joke frames the act of pre-ordering the highly anticipated, not yet released video game Grand Theft Auto VI as such an irrational, foolish choice that it qualifies as evidence of familial mental illness.

Origin notes

This meme was shared as an RSS entry from 9Gag, with the original posting title 'It do be like that tho...'. It is an edited remix of a canonical scene from the US comedy series Parks and Recreation, with custom dialogue added to reference the widespread hype and discourse around pre-orders for the upcoming Rockstar Games title GTA 6, which circulated heavily online in 2024 after pre-order options became available.

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