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A meme featuring an illustration of two people engaged in arm wrestling. The top text reads 'Fucking poor people,' serving as a sarcastic commentary on the target group affected. The left arm is labeled 'Microsoft stopping Support for older PCs,' and the right arm is labeled 'massively increasing PC Part prices.' The arm wrestling scenario symbolizes the combined pressure of Microsoft discontinuing support for older computers and raising PC component prices, which the meme suggests disproportionately harms low-income individuals.
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Fucking poor people
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Microsoft stopping Support for older PCs
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massively increasing PC Part prices

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Criticism of Microsoft's policies affecting low-income PC users through discontinued support and price hikes

Overview

A meme featuring an illustration of two people engaged in arm wrestling. The top text reads 'Fucking poor people,' serving as a sarcastic commentary on the target group affected. The left arm is labeled 'Microsoft stopping Support for older PCs,' and the right arm is labeled 'massively increasing PC Part prices.' The arm wrestling scenario symbolizes the combined pressure of Microsoft discontinuing support for older computers and raising PC component prices, which the meme suggests disproportionately harms low-income individuals.

Origin notes

The meme originates from the Reddit Meme community. It is a remix of an existing arm wrestling painting (signed 'M. Whelan') with added text overlays to critique Microsoft's policies. The original artwork is repurposed to convey frustration about corporate actions impacting consumer affordability, typical of commentary memes on Reddit.

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