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Marine Biologists In A Nutshell Funny Gaming Meme

This is a humorous single-panel meme. The top text states "Marine biologists in a nutshell:". Below the text, a gameplay screenshot from Red Dead Redemption 2 shows protagonist Arthur Morgan standing on a shallow, muddy shoreline, holding a fishing rod in one hand and lifting a small caught fish up to look at it in the other. The subtitle at the bottom of the image reads "You, sir, are a fish.". The joke leans into the common stereotype that marine biologists are enthusiastically eager to identify and label every small fish they encounter, exaggerating the core of their field for comedic effect.
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You, sir, are a fish.

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Marine biologists in a nutshell:

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This is a humorous single-panel meme. The top text states "Marine biologists in a nutshell:". Below the text, a gameplay screenshot from Red Dead Redemption 2 shows protagonist Arthur Morgan standing on a shallow, muddy shoreline, holding a fishing rod in one hand and lifting a small caught fish up to look at it in the other. The subtitle at the bottom of the image reads "You, sir, are a fish.". The joke leans into the common stereotype that marine biologists are enthusiastically eager to identify and label every small fish they encounter, exaggerating the core of their field for comedic effect.

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This meme is a remix of a gameplay screenshot from the open-world video game Red Dead Redemption 2, with added humorous text to create a joke about marine biologists. It was sourced from an RSS feed of the X.com (formerly Twitter) account @meme.jpg, which regularly shares viral, relatable, and gaming-focused meme content.

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