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When you live in the information age and you're still misinformed

This meme uses the popular edited distorted version of Patrick Star from *SpongeBob SquarePants*, where Patrick's head is heavily deformed with his own brain protruding out, and thick drool pours from his wide open mouth, with one eye half-closed in a dumbfounded, confused expression. The top text captions the image "When you live in the information age and you're still misinformed", making a self-deprecating joke about how even with unlimited access to factual information online in the modern digital age, many people still remain misinformed or hold incorrect beliefs. The deformed Patrick visual perfectly conveys the feeling of being hopelessly uninformed or gullible despite easy access to correct information.
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When you live in the information age and you're still misinformed

Overview

This meme uses the popular edited distorted version of Patrick Star from SpongeBob SquarePants, where Patrick's head is heavily deformed with his own brain protruding out, and thick drool pours from his wide open mouth, with one eye half-closed in a dumbfounded, confused expression. The top text captions the image "When you live in the information age and you're still misinformed", making a self-deprecating joke about how even with unlimited access to factual information online in the modern digital age, many people still remain misinformed or hold incorrect beliefs. The deformed Patrick visual perfectly conveys the feeling of being hopelessly uninformed or gullible despite easy access to correct information.

Origin notes

This meme uses the widely popular "distorted Patrick" reaction meme template, which is an edited fan edit of the SpongeBob SquarePants character Patrick Star, commonly used to convey extreme stupidity, confusion or being overwhelmed. This specific captioned version originates as a meme posted to Reddit, and it jokes about the widespread modern issue of misinformation persisting even in the information age. The template and this specific meme have been reposted widely across multiple social media platforms.

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