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Landlord Meetup Tick Comparison Meme

This meme uses an illustration of three ticks crawling across light brown animal fur, originally from a wikiHow instructional guide for removing ticks from dogs. Text added at the top of the image reads 'meanwhile at the landlord meetup'. The joke draws a satirical parallel between ticks, which are parasitic organisms that drain blood from host animals, and landlords, implying that landlords are similarly parasitic by extracting excessive rent and resources from tenants without providing proportional value in return.
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This meme uses an illustration of three ticks crawling across light brown animal fur, originally from a wikiHow instructional guide for removing ticks from dogs. Text added at the top of the image reads 'meanwhile at the landlord meetup'. The joke draws a satirical parallel between ticks, which are parasitic organisms that drain blood from host animals, and landlords, implying that landlords are similarly parasitic by extracting excessive rent and resources from tenants without providing proportional value in return.

Origin notes

The base illustration originates from the public wikiHow article titled 'How to Get Ticks off Dogs'. This edited meme was circulated on X (formerly Twitter) via the account @meme.jpg, as noted in the provided source information. The humor relies on widespread online discourse criticizing exploitative landlord practices, with the comparison between parasitic ticks and landlords being a common satirical trope in anti-landlord online communities.

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