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Me leaving the market nervously because I didn't buy anything

This meme features a real stock photo of a supermarket interior, with a uniformed security guard standing with his back to the viewer in the midground. In the foreground, an edited cutout of the anime character Saitama from *One Punch Man* is overlaid, drawn with a heavily anxious expression: sweating profusely, eyes wide and darting, teeth gritted, looking paranoid. Text at the top of the meme reads 'ME LEAVING THE MARKET NERVOUSLY BECAUSE I DIDN'T BUY ANYTHING'. The joke refers to the common relatable awkward feeling of being irrationally paranoid that store security will suspect you of theft when you leave a retail location without purchasing any items, even though you have done nothing wrong.
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ME LEAVING THE MARKET NERVOUSLY BECAUSE I DIDN'T BUY ANYTHING

Overview

This meme features a real stock photo of a supermarket interior, with a uniformed security guard standing with his back to the viewer in the midground. In the foreground, an edited cutout of the anime character Saitama from One Punch Man is overlaid, drawn with a heavily anxious expression: sweating profusely, eyes wide and darting, teeth gritted, looking paranoid. Text at the top of the meme reads 'ME LEAVING THE MARKET NERVOUSLY BECAUSE I DIDN'T BUY ANYTHING'. The joke refers to the common relatable awkward feeling of being irrationally paranoid that store security will suspect you of theft when you leave a retail location without purchasing any items, even though you have done nothing wrong.

Origin notes

This meme was sourced from the Reddit:Meme RSS feed, with the original submitted title 'it happens everytime'. It is an edited remix meme, combining an anxious reaction panel of Saitama from the One Punch Man anime with a stock photo of a supermarket security guard to illustrate a widely relatable awkward everyday experience. The edit includes visible watermarks from Shutterstock and creator arfa adam.

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