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The Internet Right Now Chooses Epstein Docs Over UFO Cat Hoax

This is a 2-panel Drake Hotline Bling format meme. The top left panel shows Drake making a dismissive, rejecting gesture towards the top right image, which is a black and white hoax photo of a tabby cat in a field with a UFO hovering above it, representing a recent viral fake alien cat trend. The bottom left panel shows Drake smiling and making an approving gesture towards the bottom right image, which contains pages from the publicly released Jeffrey Epstein associated court documents. The header text at the top of the meme reads 'The Internet right now', implying that the online public is far more interested in the Epstein document revelations than the overdone UFO/cat viral hoax content.
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Overview

This is a 2-panel Drake Hotline Bling format meme. The top left panel shows Drake making a dismissive, rejecting gesture towards the top right image, which is a black and white hoax photo of a tabby cat in a field with a UFO hovering above it, representing a recent viral fake alien cat trend. The bottom left panel shows Drake smiling and making an approving gesture towards the bottom right image, which contains pages from the publicly released Jeffrey Epstein associated court documents. The header text at the top of the meme reads 'The Internet right now', implying that the online public is far more interested in the Epstein document revelations than the overdone UFO/cat viral hoax content.

Origin notes

This meme was sourced from the Reddit r/Meme subreddit via RSS, referencing two concurrent early 2024 viral internet trends: the widely circulated fake UFO cat photo hoax, and the public release of previously sealed court documents related to Jeffrey Epstein. It edits and repurposes the extremely popular long-running Drake Hotline Bling approval/disapproval meme template to make a humorous observation about online public interest priorities.

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