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My Mom's Phone

This is a 5-panel grid meme using scenes from SpongeBob SquarePants to joke about common stereotypes of a mother's phone habits. Top left: an enormously inflated SpongeBob is labeled "FONT SIZE", joking that older people always turn their phone font size to maximum. Top right: a shocked SpongeBob is next to the text "PICTURES OF HER BARE ASSHOLE", the crude unexpected punchline of what you find when opening her phone. Middle left: a yelling Mr. Krabs and shocked SpongeBob are labeled "VOLUME", referencing that older people almost always turn their phone volume all the way up. Middle right: a long line of waiting fish characters is labeled "BACKGROUND APPS", joking that mom leaves dozens of unused apps open in the background. Bottom row: three happy SpongeBobs each hold icons for Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, and Location, all of which are permanently left turned on, another common older phone user habit. The joke mixes relatable observations about older people's phone use with a crude shocking twist.
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*Opens mom's phone*

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FONT SIZE
PICTURES OF HER BARE ASSHOLE
VOLUME
BACKGROUND APP
Bluetooth
Wi-Fi
Location

Overview

This is a 5-panel grid meme using scenes from SpongeBob SquarePants to joke about common stereotypes of a mother's phone habits. Top left: an enormously inflated SpongeBob is labeled "FONT SIZE", joking that older people always turn their phone font size to maximum. Top right: a shocked SpongeBob is next to the text "PICTURES OF HER BARE ASSHOLE", the crude unexpected punchline of what you find when opening her phone. Middle left: a yelling Mr. Krabs and shocked SpongeBob are labeled "VOLUME", referencing that older people almost always turn their phone volume all the way up. Middle right: a long line of waiting fish characters is labeled "BACKGROUND APPS", joking that mom leaves dozens of unused apps open in the background. Bottom row: three happy SpongeBobs each hold icons for Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, and Location, all of which are permanently left turned on, another common older phone user habit. The joke mixes relatable observations about older people's phone use with a crude shocking twist.

Origin notes

This meme originates from Reddit as noted, it is a meme compiled from pre-existing SpongeBob SquarePants meme templates, it was later reposted to iFunny as seen from the watermark at the bottom right of the image. It circulates as a popular crude joke about older people's phone usage habits.

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