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Press F for Portugal

This meme jokes about Portugal being overlooked when Portuguese language options are listed. The top portion mimics a language selection interface, listing English paired with the US flag, Spanish paired with the Mexican flag, and Portuguese paired with the Brazilian flag. The bottom portion shows the flags of the UK (origin of English), Spain (origin of Spanish), and Portugal (origin of Portuguese) next to the label "REACTION:", followed by a shot of Patrick Bateman from *American Psycho* looking unimpressed and disappointed, representing Portugal's annoyance at being sidelined in favor of Brazil when representing the Portuguese language, leading to the meme's core joke of asking viewers to "press F to pay respects" to Portugal.
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SELECT YOUR LANGUAGE: ENGLISH, SPANISH, PORTUGUESE; REACTION:

Overview

This meme jokes about Portugal being overlooked when Portuguese language options are listed. The top portion mimics a language selection interface, listing English paired with the US flag, Spanish paired with the Mexican flag, and Portuguese paired with the Brazilian flag. The bottom portion shows the flags of the UK (origin of English), Spain (origin of Spanish), and Portugal (origin of Portuguese) next to the label "REACTION:", followed by a shot of Patrick Bateman from American Psycho looking unimpressed and disappointed, representing Portugal's annoyance at being sidelined in favor of Brazil when representing the Portuguese language, leading to the meme's core joke of asking viewers to "press F to pay respects" to Portugal.

Origin notes

As per provided metadata, this meme originates from the Reddit Meme subreddit, posted with the title "Press F for Portugal". It is a remixed edit using the popular Patrick Bateman unimpressed reaction template from the film American Psycho, created to mock the common oversight of representing the Portuguese language only with the Brazilian flag, ignoring Portugal, the country where the language originated.

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