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This is a two-panel humorous comparison meme that contrasts modern and historical mental health treatment practices. The left panel shows actor Jamie Foxx in formal wear, smiling and giving a thumbs up, paired with text describing modern psychologists as giving patients autonomy over their treatment pace. The right panel shows Jamie Foxx as the Spider-Man supervillain Electro, surrounded by crackling electricity, paired with text mocking outdated, unethical historical psychiatric practices that misused electroconvulsive therapy as a punitive measure. The joke highlights how far mental health treatment has evolved from older, harmful approaches to modern patient-centered care.
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Psychologists today: you decide when to change.
Psychologists in the past: either you calm down or I'll hit you with 400 volts.

Overview

This is a two-panel humorous comparison meme that contrasts modern and historical mental health treatment practices. The left panel shows actor Jamie Foxx in formal wear, smiling and giving a thumbs up, paired with text describing modern psychologists as giving patients autonomy over their treatment pace. The right panel shows Jamie Foxx as the Spider-Man supervillain Electro, surrounded by crackling electricity, paired with text mocking outdated, unethical historical psychiatric practices that misused electroconvulsive therapy as a punitive measure. The joke highlights how far mental health treatment has evolved from older, harmful approaches to modern patient-centered care.

Origin notes

This meme was sourced from the Reddit Meme subreddit via RSS feed, as provided in the accompanying metadata. It is an original user-created meme that combines a real public photo of Jamie Foxx and official promotional media of his character Electro from the Amazing Spider-Man 2 film, edited into a two-panel format to deliver satirical commentary on the history of psychology.

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