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My Guy Just Wanted To Sing: 2010 Internet vs Young Justin Bieber

This is a single-panel black-and-white rage comic meme that uses Wojak-style characters to joke about early 2010s internet culture. A large angry rage figure, labeled 'the internet in 2010', screams extremely harsh, aggressive insults at a small, smiling happy figure representing a 13-year-old Justin Bieber, who is happily singing the opening lyrics 'baby baby baby ohhh' from his hit song *Baby*. The meme exaggerates the extreme, disproportionate harassment and hatred young Justin Bieber received from the general internet public around 2010, highlighting how over the top the backlash was against a young teenager just wanting to sing his song.
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YOUR SONG IS SHIT AND YOU SHOULD KILL YOURSELF
baby baby baby ohhh

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the internet in 2010
13(?) year old Justin Bieber

Overview

This is a single-panel black-and-white rage comic meme that uses Wojak-style characters to joke about early 2010s internet culture. A large angry rage figure, labeled 'the internet in 2010', screams extremely harsh, aggressive insults at a small, smiling happy figure representing a 13-year-old Justin Bieber, who is happily singing the opening lyrics 'baby baby baby ohhh' from his hit song Baby. The meme exaggerates the extreme, disproportionate harassment and hatred young Justin Bieber received from the general internet public around 2010, highlighting how over the top the backlash was against a young teenager just wanting to sing his song.

Origin notes

This meme was posted on Reddit with the original title 'My guy just wanted to sing 😭'. It is a modern meme that recalls early 2010s internet culture, using the classic rage comic Wojak art format that was popular during that era to comment on the excessive, unfair backlash against young Justin Bieber that was common online back then.

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