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How it feels to scroll YouTube nowadays

This edited meme depicts a scene from Dark Souls 3's Slave Knight Gael boss fight, where a giant enemy towers over a small player character. The giant's head is replaced with the YouTube logo, and its massive sword has the word 'SLOP' written vertically down the blade, referring to the low-quality, repetitive, unoriginal content frequently pushed by YouTube's recommendation algorithm. The player character at the bottom is shown attempting to use the 'Don't recommend channel' option against the giant, representing the relatable, futile feeling of fighting against YouTube's algorithm to avoid being fed endless low-quality content when scrolling the platform.
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Overview

This edited meme depicts a scene from Dark Souls 3's Slave Knight Gael boss fight, where a giant enemy towers over a small player character. The giant's head is replaced with the YouTube logo, and its massive sword has the word 'SLOP' written vertically down the blade, referring to the low-quality, repetitive, unoriginal content frequently pushed by YouTube's recommendation algorithm. The player character at the bottom is shown attempting to use the 'Don't recommend channel' option against the giant, representing the relatable, futile feeling of fighting against YouTube's algorithm to avoid being fed endless low-quality content when scrolling the platform.

Origin notes

Per the provided source information, this meme was sourced from the Reddit: Meme subreddit via RSS. It is a derivative edited work, using official fantasy artwork from the video game Dark Souls 3: Ashes of Ariandel depicting the Slave Knight Gael boss fight, with added elements (YouTube logo, 'SLOP' text, YouTube 'Don't recommend channel' UI) to make a joke about the quality of modern YouTube recommended content.

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