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Abandon the idea of people being civilized on the internet

This is a single-panel meme featuring Pomni, the protagonist of the animated web series *The Amazing Digital Circus*. She is shown with a weary, disillusioned deadpan expression looking straight at the viewer. Bold white impact font text with a black outline is placed at the top and bottom of the image: the top line reads 'I THINK WE NEED TO ABANDON THE IDEA OF', and the bottom line completes the statement with 'PEOPLE BEING CIVILIZED ON THE INTERNET'. The joke conveys the very common relatable frustration of regular internet users who have encountered consistent hostility, rudeness, and uncivil behavior across different online platforms, making the point that expecting widespread politeness online is an unrealistic goal.
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I THINK WE NEED TO ABANDON THE IDEA OF
PEOPLE BEING CIVILIZED ON THE INTERNET

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The meme expresses relatable frustration with consistent uncivil behavior across online platforms

Overview

This is a single-panel meme featuring Pomni, the protagonist of the animated web series The Amazing Digital Circus. She is shown with a weary, disillusioned deadpan expression looking straight at the viewer. Bold white impact font text with a black outline is placed at the top and bottom of the image: the top line reads 'I THINK WE NEED TO ABANDON THE IDEA OF', and the bottom line completes the statement with 'PEOPLE BEING CIVILIZED ON THE INTERNET'. The joke conveys the very common relatable frustration of regular internet users who have encountered consistent hostility, rudeness, and uncivil behavior across different online platforms, making the point that expecting widespread politeness online is an unrealistic goal.

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This meme was sourced from the RSS feed of the Reddit r/Meme subreddit, with the original post title 'Should we?'. It is a remixed meme that uses a direct screenshot of Pomni from Glitch Productions' official The Amazing Digital Circus animation, with added text to create the relatable cynical joke about online discourse. Memes using Pomni's tired, fed up expression are a popular existing format for sharing cynical, relatable takes on common everyday and online experiences.

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