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This is a two-panel collage meme with dark satirical humor. The left panel depicts a red-haired bearded man sitting in the driver's seat of a car, holding up an item that looks identical to an older model iPhone towards someone outside the vehicle. The right panel shows a close-up of two homemade cookies decorated with white icing to precisely resemble the same iPhone model, with dark brown cookie acting as the screen, white icing as the phone bezel, and an icing detail for the circular home button. Below the panels, text tells a joke: a man baked the iPhone-shaped cookies to trick police into pulling him over for using his phone while driving, planning to take a bite of the cookie when confronted and ask if eating cookies is illegal. The absurdist, dark punchline reveals that instead of finding the prank funny, the police shoot him 26 times in the chest, satirizing widespread discussions of excessive police use of force in the United States. There is a visible typo in the final line of text, reading 'on thas chest' instead of 'on the chest'.
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A man baked some iPhone cookies to trick cops into pulling him over, then he takes a bite and asks if cookies are illegal. Afterwards, the cops laugh at him and shoot him 26 times on thas chest.

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This is a two-panel collage meme with dark satirical humor. The left panel depicts a red-haired bearded man sitting in the driver's seat of a car, holding up an item that looks identical to an older model iPhone towards someone outside the vehicle. The right panel shows a close-up of two homemade cookies decorated with white icing to precisely resemble the same iPhone model, with dark brown cookie acting as the screen, white icing as the phone bezel, and an icing detail for the circular home button. Below the panels, text tells a joke: a man baked the iPhone-shaped cookies to trick police into pulling him over for using his phone while driving, planning to take a bite of the cookie when confronted and ask if eating cookies is illegal. The absurdist, dark punchline reveals that instead of finding the prank funny, the police shoot him 26 times in the chest, satirizing widespread discussions of excessive police use of force in the United States. There is a visible typo in the final line of text, reading 'on thas chest' instead of 'on the chest'.

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This meme was originally shared on Reddit, as stated in the provided source information, posted in meme-focused subreddits. It gained traction as a viral dark humor meme commenting on conversations surrounding police brutality, being reposted across multiple social media platforms including Twitter/X, Instagram, and Facebook.

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