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Happy Pride Month, I guess.

This satirical meme features top text that reads 'Companies when June 1st'. Below the text, an edited image shows a screaming young woman (the character Lucy Pevensie from the Narnia film series, edited into the pre-existing meme template) operating a heavy mounted minigun. Instead of bullets, the gun is firing out numerous LGBTQ Pride rainbow flags. The joke mocks the common, often criticized phenomenon of corporations abruptly flooding their branding, marketing, and public messaging with Pride-themed content immediately at the start of June (Pride Month), which is frequently perceived as performative support rather than genuine advocacy for the LGBTQ+ community.
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Companies when June 1st

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This satirical meme features top text that reads 'Companies when June 1st'. Below the text, an edited image shows a screaming young woman (the character Lucy Pevensie from the Narnia film series, edited into the pre-existing meme template) operating a heavy mounted minigun. Instead of bullets, the gun is firing out numerous LGBTQ Pride rainbow flags. The joke mocks the common, often criticized phenomenon of corporations abruptly flooding their branding, marketing, and public messaging with Pride-themed content immediately at the start of June (Pride Month), which is frequently perceived as performative support rather than genuine advocacy for the LGBTQ+ community.

Origin notes

This meme was originally shared on the Reddit r/Meme subreddit, listed as an RSS source, with the original poster title 'Happy Pride Month, I guess.'. It is a derivative remix of the pre-existing popular 'screaming Lucy with minigun' meme template, edited to add the rainbow Pride flag graphics and the top text joking about corporate behavior during Pride Month.

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