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Telling Others to Donate to Wikipedia Instead of Yourself: Outstanding Move Meme

This meme uses the popular 'Outstanding Move' template, featuring a chess commentator gesturing at a chessboard. The top text reads: *'Telling others to donate $3 to Wikipedia so you don't have to donate yourself'*, and the bottom text reads: *'Outstanding move'*. The humor comes from framing a petty, cost-avoidant tactic (benefiting from Wikipedia's free service without contributing to its funding, by getting others to donate) as a brilliant, masterful chess play, using sarcasm to poke fun at people who exploit free online resources.
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The joke frames the petty tactic of encouraging others to donate to Wikipedia so you can use the free service without contributing financially as a brilliant, masterful move.

Overview

This meme uses the popular 'Outstanding Move' template, featuring a chess commentator gesturing at a chessboard. The top text reads: 'Telling others to donate $3 to Wikipedia so you don't have to donate yourself', and the bottom text reads: 'Outstanding move'. The humor comes from framing a petty, cost-avoidant tactic (benefiting from Wikipedia's free service without contributing to its funding, by getting others to donate) as a brilliant, masterful chess play, using sarcasm to poke fun at people who exploit free online resources.

Origin notes

This meme is a remix of the 'Outstanding Move' template, which originates from a chess commentary video where the phrase was used to praise a clever in-game play. As stated in the provided source, it was shared on Reddit's meme community, repurposing the original video screenshot template by adding text to create a new joke about avoiding Wikipedia donations. The image is a direct screenshot from the original video clip used for the template, with no additional editing beyond the added captions.

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