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Dad's Disapproving Look When You Refuse Early Morning Weekend Chores

This meme features a top text caption paired with a screenshot of Rick Grimes from the TV series *The Walking Dead*. The caption reads "How your dad looks at you when you don't want to help him move 10000 pounds of dirt at 6am on a Sunday". Rick Grimes has a tired, stern, judgmental stare directed at the viewer, which is used to humorously represent the unimpressed, annoyed look fathers often give their children when they decline to help with unreasonably labor-heavy, inconveniently timed chores on rest days.
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How your dad looks at you when you don't want to help him move 10000 pounds of dirt at 6am on a Sunday

Overview

This meme features a top text caption paired with a screenshot of Rick Grimes from the TV series The Walking Dead. The caption reads "How your dad looks at you when you don't want to help him move 10000 pounds of dirt at 6am on a Sunday". Rick Grimes has a tired, stern, judgmental stare directed at the viewer, which is used to humorously represent the unimpressed, annoyed look fathers often give their children when they decline to help with unreasonably labor-heavy, inconveniently timed chores on rest days.

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This meme originates from Reddit's meme communities, and ties into a viral relatable dad joke premise (stated in the original post title) of fathers with only daughters alternating which daughter is designated as the "son for the day" to assign manual labor tasks. The base image is a widely circulated reaction screenshot of actor Andrew Lincoln playing Rick Grimes from The Walking Dead, edited with an added text overlay to create the relatable family joke.

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