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How I Hold My Breath When Passing Someone Smoking

This meme uses an edited screenshot of Leonardo DiCaprio as Jack from the film Titanic, with his cheeks heavily altered to look extremely puffed out, as if he is holding his breath to his maximum capacity. The text at the top of the image reads 'How I hold my breath when I pass by someone smoking', humorously representing the common relatable experience of non-smokers who intensely hold their breath when walking past a smoking person to avoid inhaling secondhand smoke.
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How I hold my breath when I pass by someone smoking

Overview

This meme uses an edited screenshot of Leonardo DiCaprio as Jack from the film Titanic, with his cheeks heavily altered to look extremely puffed out, as if he is holding his breath to his maximum capacity. The text at the top of the image reads 'How I hold my breath when I pass by someone smoking', humorously representing the common relatable experience of non-smokers who intensely hold their breath when walking past a smoking person to avoid inhaling secondhand smoke.

Origin notes

This meme was sourced from the Reddit Meme subreddit via an RSS feed, as provided in the additional information. The core image uses a popular existing meme template of an edited puffed-cheek Leonardo DiCaprio from Titanic, with new text added for this iteration. The watermark @icey_jad3y present in the top right corner of the image indicates the creator of this specific version of the meme.

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