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Make Chile Spicy Again! The Chilean Empire Geography Meme

This three-panel absurdist meme plays on the famously extremely long, narrow geographic shape of Chile, a country running along the western coast of South America. The first panel shows the actual current borders of Chile, labeled 'CHILE'. The second panel expands the country's long shape up the entire western coast of North America, labeled 'GREATER CHILE'. The third, punchline panel shows the completely exaggerated 'THE CHILEAN EMPIRE', which traces the entire full coastline of the Pacific Ocean, including the west coasts of North and South America, the east coasts of Asia and Oceania, and the coastlines of Australia and Pacific islands, stretching Chile's signature long narrow form to a ridiculous, global extreme. The joke leans into the common internet observation about Chile's unusual, elongated national shape.
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CHILE, GREATER CHILE, THE CHILEAN EMPIRE

Overview

This three-panel absurdist meme plays on the famously extremely long, narrow geographic shape of Chile, a country running along the western coast of South America. The first panel shows the actual current borders of Chile, labeled 'CHILE'. The second panel expands the country's long shape up the entire western coast of North America, labeled 'GREATER CHILE'. The third, punchline panel shows the completely exaggerated 'THE CHILEAN EMPIRE', which traces the entire full coastline of the Pacific Ocean, including the west coasts of North and South America, the east coasts of Asia and Oceania, and the coastlines of Australia and Pacific islands, stretching Chile's signature long narrow form to a ridiculous, global extreme. The joke leans into the common internet observation about Chile's unusual, elongated national shape.

Origin notes

This meme was originally shared on the Reddit r/Meme subreddit, with the post title 'Make Chile Spicy Again!' which parodies the well-known 'Make America Great Again' political slogan to frame the joke about expanding Chile. It belongs to the popular genre of geography-focused internet memes that joke about unusual country shapes or border facts, and circulates widely on social media platforms including Reddit, Twitter/X, and meme sharing sites.

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