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The Last Wikipedia Editor Editing As Humanity Ends

This is a humorous meme that pairs a top text caption with a dramatic still from a sci-fi movie. The image shows a dying astronaut wearing a space suit, seated in a spacecraft cockpit with his eyes half closed, appearing to be on the brink of death. The caption jokes that the last surviving Wikipedia editor is using his final moments to edit the phrase "Humanity is" to "Humanity was" on Wikipedia as human civilization ends. The joke pokes fun at the common stereotype of Wikipedia volunteer editors being extremely dedicated to factual and grammatical accuracy, even in the most extreme, apocalyptic scenarios.
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The last Wikipedia editor using his final breath to change "Humanity is" to "Humanity was"

Overview

This is a humorous meme that pairs a top text caption with a dramatic still from a sci-fi movie. The image shows a dying astronaut wearing a space suit, seated in a spacecraft cockpit with his eyes half closed, appearing to be on the brink of death. The caption jokes that the last surviving Wikipedia editor is using his final moments to edit the phrase "Humanity is" to "Humanity was" on Wikipedia as human civilization ends. The joke pokes fun at the common stereotype of Wikipedia volunteer editors being extremely dedicated to factual and grammatical accuracy, even in the most extreme, apocalyptic scenarios.

Origin notes

This meme was sourced from the RSS feed of Reddit's r/Meme subreddit, as specified in the provided additional information. The base visual is a still from the 2014 Christopher Nolan sci-fi film Interstellar, depicting the lead character Joseph Cooper during a near-death scene in space. This is an edited remix meme that adds a humorous text caption to the existing movie scene to create a joke about Wikipedia editor culture.

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