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How do you say 'cherry picking' in French

This is a pun-based meme that answers the question in its title. The image is a screenshot of an X (Twitter) thread: the top post from Vintage Maps shows a 1952 map of the most popular boys' first names across French regions, with nearly every region labeled as having "Jean" as the most popular name, as part of a series on name popularity from 1946-2011. A reply uses the popular 2-panel angry goose chasing person meme format, where the goose repeatedly asks "Why did you not do the names after 2011?". The core pun comes from the phrase "Jean après 2011" (French for "Jean after 2011") which is phonetically similar to the English phrase "cherry picking". The joke works on a second level too: the original map effectively cherry-picks data by only showing 1952, when Jean was overwhelmingly popular across France, matching the term being defined.
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Reply asking why the names after 2011 were not included, delivered via the goose comic

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Why did you not do the names after 2011?
WHY DID YOU NOT DO THE NAMES AFTER 2011?!

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Evolution of the most popular First Names in France along the years (1946-2011) - boys edition
1952 : Jean

Overview

This is a pun-based meme that answers the question in its title. The image is a screenshot of an X (Twitter) thread: the top post from Vintage Maps shows a 1952 map of the most popular boys' first names across French regions, with nearly every region labeled as having "Jean" as the most popular name, as part of a series on name popularity from 1946-2011. A reply uses the popular 2-panel angry goose chasing person meme format, where the goose repeatedly asks "Why did you not do the names after 2011?". The core pun comes from the phrase "Jean après 2011" (French for "Jean after 2011") which is phonetically similar to the English phrase "cherry picking". The joke works on a second level too: the original map effectively cherry-picks data by only showing 1952, when Jean was overwhelmingly popular across France, matching the term being defined.

Origin notes

The original title and meme circulation comes from 9Gag. The content is a compilation of a public X (Twitter) thread: the top map post is from @vintagemapstore, with original name data from INSEE published by Le Monde. The reply uses the pre-existing viral angry goose chasing meme format. The meme is a viral pun shared across English-language social media.

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