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Microwaving Fish Police Reaction Meme

This is a two-panel meme. The top panel shows two uniformed police officers smiling and shaking hands at an official event, overlaid with a news headline: "SOUTH CAROLINA OFFICER PULLED GUN ON CO-WORKER FOR HEATING FISH IN DEPARTMENT MICROWAVE, REPORT SAYS". The bottom panel features a shot of a man with a confused, resigned expression, overlaid with the text "I UNDERSTAND. I DON'T AGREE, BUT I UNDERSTAND.". The joke relies on the widely relatable shared frustration over the strong, unpleasant smell of fish microwaved in common work spaces, implying that while pulling a gun is an extreme, unjustifiable overreaction, the core frustration that sparked the incident is understandable to anyone who has encountered this workplace pet peeve.
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SOUTH CAROLINA OFFICER PULLED GUN ON CO-WORKER FOR HEATING FISH IN DEPARTMENT MICROWAVE, REPORT SAYS
I UNDERSTAND. I DON'T AGREE, BUT I UNDERSTAND.

Overview

This is a two-panel meme. The top panel shows two uniformed police officers smiling and shaking hands at an official event, overlaid with a news headline: "SOUTH CAROLINA OFFICER PULLED GUN ON CO-WORKER FOR HEATING FISH IN DEPARTMENT MICROWAVE, REPORT SAYS". The bottom panel features a shot of a man with a confused, resigned expression, overlaid with the text "I UNDERSTAND. I DON'T AGREE, BUT I UNDERSTAND.". The joke relies on the widely relatable shared frustration over the strong, unpleasant smell of fish microwaved in common work spaces, implying that while pulling a gun is an extreme, unjustifiable overreaction, the core frustration that sparked the incident is understandable to anyone who has encountered this workplace pet peeve.

Origin notes

This meme was sourced from an RSS feed of the Reddit:Meme subreddit. It remixes a real news headline about a workplace conflict between South Carolina law enforcement officers with a popular pre-existing "I understand, I don't agree but I understand" reaction meme template from a television sitcom, created to make a relatable humorous joke about common shared kitchen annoyances.

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