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A 2x2 grid meme featuring two recurring characters. Top-left: A woman in a red sweater with clasped hands asks, 'What do you do if you lack coitus?' Top-right: A male character with a smirking expression is labeled 'Manual Stimulation'. Bottom-left: The same woman repeats, 'What about lack of love?' Bottom-right: The same male character, now with a trippy, colorful background, is labeled 'Delusion'. The humor arises from the sarcastic contrast between physical (coitus) and emotional (love) needs, with the second answer mocking the substitution of delusion for genuine love.
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Woman
What do you do if you lack coitus?
Man
Manual Stimulation
Woman
What about lack of love?
Man
Delusion

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Question-answer format comparing solutions to physical and emotional needs

Overview

A 2x2 grid meme featuring two recurring characters. Top-left: A woman in a red sweater with clasped hands asks, 'What do you do if you lack coitus?' Top-right: A male character with a smirking expression is labeled 'Manual Stimulation'. Bottom-left: The same woman repeats, 'What about lack of love?' Bottom-right: The same male character, now with a trippy, colorful background, is labeled 'Delusion'. The humor arises from the sarcastic contrast between physical (coitus) and emotional (love) needs, with the second answer mocking the substitution of delusion for genuine love.

Origin notes

The meme originates from Reddit's Meme community, created by a user likely using existing meme templates. The female character appears to be a stock animated figure, while the male character resembles a common smirking meme face, edited with a trippy background in the bottom-right panel. It is a remix of these templates to create a humorous question-answer format.

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