Hair Follicles Comparison Meme
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Comparison of the strength difference between scalp and body hair follicles
Overview
This is a two-panel comparative meme. The top left panel features a sick, frail baby orangutan receiving oxygen support, looking weak and exhausted, paired with the text on the right reading 'Scalp hair follicles.' The bottom left panel features a large, extremely muscular, intimidating silverback gorilla sitting confidently, paired with text on the right reading 'Body hair follicles.' The meme makes a humorous, relatable joke about the stark difference in resilience between scalp hair follicles, which are often fragile, prone to thinning and falling out for many people, and body hair follicles, which are typically extremely robust, grow rapidly, and are difficult to remove permanently.
Origin notes
This meme was sourced from an RSS feed of the Reddit Meme community. It uses a widely popular two-panel contrast meme template that pairs a weak, vulnerable subject with a strong, imposing subject to highlight extreme differences between two related concepts. This template is frequently remixed by online users to joke about relatable discrepancies between everyday experiences or items.