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Nice try fed, undercover cell tower meme

This meme features a real photograph of a cell phone tower poorly disguised as a tall pine tree, positioned among bare deciduous trees under a clear bright blue sky. Overlaid text is written from the perspective of the fake tree tower, stating first 'What's up, my fellow trees?' followed by 'So anyway, Photosynthesis am I right?'. The joke plays on how obviously fake the disguised cell tower is, leaning into the popular internet conspiracy joke that these poorly camouflaged towers are actually secret surveillance equipment run by federal government agents (feds), and are laughably unconvincing in their attempt to blend in with surrounding nature.
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What's up, my fellow trees?
So anyway, Photosynthesis am I right?

Overview

This meme features a real photograph of a cell phone tower poorly disguised as a tall pine tree, positioned among bare deciduous trees under a clear bright blue sky. Overlaid text is written from the perspective of the fake tree tower, stating first 'What's up, my fellow trees?' followed by 'So anyway, Photosynthesis am I right?'. The joke plays on how obviously fake the disguised cell tower is, leaning into the popular internet conspiracy joke that these poorly camouflaged towers are actually secret surveillance equipment run by federal government agents (feds), and are laughably unconvincing in their attempt to blend in with surrounding nature.

Origin notes

This meme was sourced from the RSS feed of the Reddit Meme subreddit, with the original post titled 'Nice try fed…'. The meme format adapts the popular 'fellow kids' trope of unconvincing undercover characters pretending to belong to a group they are clearly not part of, applied to the common internet joke about disguised cell towers being secret federal surveillance tools.

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