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Me and the boys: Only we can insult each other

This meme illustrates a very common dynamic among close friend groups: the group members constantly jokingly insult and bully each other for fun, but immediately become united and aggressively defensive when an outsider tries to do the same to any member of the group. The visual shows two animated men holding knives to each other's throats, positioned in front of a vintage Pepsi-Cola sign, ready to attack anyone who crosses their line.
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Me and the boys: constantly abusing each other for fun
Also me and the boys if someone else tries to do it:

Overview

This meme illustrates a very common dynamic among close friend groups: the group members constantly jokingly insult and bully each other for fun, but immediately become united and aggressively defensive when an outsider tries to do the same to any member of the group. The visual shows two animated men holding knives to each other's throats, positioned in front of a vintage Pepsi-Cola sign, ready to attack anyone who crosses their line.

Origin notes

This is a meme formatted in the popular 'Me and the boys' meme template, originally circulated on Reddit, that repurposes footage from an old 1940s Pepsi-Cola animated advertisement that is commonly used as a template for 'ready for a fight' memes. This specific meme was shared as a Reddit meme with the associated original title 'So you have chosen death?'.

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