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Nuclear Energy Suppressed Secret Meme

This is a variation of the popular "Always Has Been" astronaut meme template. It depicts two astronauts in outer space with Earth visible in the background. The first astronaut is facing Earth, with overlaid text next to the planet reading "Nuclear energy is the most environmentally friendly energy option we have today?!?". The second astronaut stands behind the first, pointing a handgun at him, with overlaid text reading "Always has been, too bad you had to figure that out.". The joke humorously implies that the environmental benefits of nuclear power are a deliberately suppressed secret that people are punished for discovering, playing on common discourse around underutilization of nuclear energy.
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Nuclear energy is the most environmentally friendly energy option we have today?!?
Always has been, too bad you had to figure that out.

Overview

This is a variation of the popular "Always Has Been" astronaut meme template. It depicts two astronauts in outer space with Earth visible in the background. The first astronaut is facing Earth, with overlaid text next to the planet reading "Nuclear energy is the most environmentally friendly energy option we have today?!?". The second astronaut stands behind the first, pointing a handgun at him, with overlaid text reading "Always has been, too bad you had to figure that out.". The joke humorously implies that the environmental benefits of nuclear power are a deliberately suppressed secret that people are punished for discovering, playing on common discourse around underutilization of nuclear energy.

Origin notes

This meme was sourced from an RSS feed of the Reddit Meme community. It uses the widely circulated "Always Has Been" two-astronaut meme template that first gained mainstream popularity online around 2020. The edit was created using the Imgflip meme generation platform, as evidenced by the Imgflip watermark visible in the top right corner of the image.

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