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Panicked reaction to long load screen on no-autosave game

This is a single-panel reaction meme. Black text on a white background at the top reads: 'When you make good progress on a game with no autosave and you notice the loading screen taking longer than usual'. Below the text is a still shot of actor Jon Bernthal looking stunned, wide-eyed with his mouth slightly open, conveying a sense of impending dread at the possibility of the game crashing and losing all unsaved progress. A 'made with mematic' watermark is present at the bottom left corner of the image.
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When you make good progress on a game with no autosave and you notice the loading screen taking longer than usual

Overview

This is a single-panel reaction meme. Black text on a white background at the top reads: 'When you make good progress on a game with no autosave and you notice the loading screen taking longer than usual'. Below the text is a still shot of actor Jon Bernthal looking stunned, wide-eyed with his mouth slightly open, conveying a sense of impending dread at the possibility of the game crashing and losing all unsaved progress. A 'made with mematic' watermark is present at the bottom left corner of the image.

Origin notes

This meme uses the widely popular shocked Jon Bernthal reaction template sourced from a scene in the Netflix TV series The Punisher, where Bernthal portrays Frank Castle / The Punisher. It was edited using the Mematic mobile meme creation tool, and was shared via an RSS feed from the X.com (formerly Twitter) account @meme.jpg. It is a common relatable gaming meme circulated widely on social media platforms.

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