I wonder what the answer will be when chicken gets too expensive

This is a 4-panel internet meme using the classic drowning high-five template. In the first panel, a person drowning in water holds their hand up and states they can no longer afford beef due to high prices. In the second panel, a second hand reaches down from above the water to meet the drowning person's hand, paired with the condescending advice 'Just eat chicken, Bro'. The third panel shows the two hands high-fiving with the same advice repeated. The fourth panel shows the drowning person's hand sinking fully below the water surface. Paired with the original title, the meme satirizes useless, out-of-touch advice for dealing with rising food costs, and jokes that once chicken also becomes unaffordable, there will be no remaining affordable staple protein left to suggest as a replacement for people struggling with food inflation.

This meme was originally shared on Reddit in meme-focused subreddits. It repurposes the widely circulated Drowning High Five 4-panel meme template, which is universally used to mock condescending, unhelpful advice that ignores the root cause of a person's problem. The meme ties into widespread global discourse around rising grocery and food inflation in the 2020s, which has made staple protein sources like beef increasingly unaffordable for large groups of consumers.