Senpai of the Pool Explains Microsoft's Midas Touch
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Microsoft is humorously compared to King Midas, but with the opposite effect (turning things to 'shit' instead of gold)
Overview
A two-panel animated meme featuring a 'Senpai of the Pool' scenario. The top panel shows a character with brown hair (viewed from behind, wearing a white shirt) addressing someone in a pool, asking 'SENPAI OF THE POOL, WHAT IS YOUR WISDOM ?'. The bottom panel reveals the pool senpai: a white-haired animated character with blue eyes submerged in water, responding with a sarcastic joke comparing Microsoft to King Midas. The senpai explains that unlike Midas, who turned everything to gold, Microsoft 'turns everything they touches into shit'.
Origin notes
This meme is a remix of the 'Senpai of the Pool' template, a common internet meme format where a character seeks wisdom from a 'senpai' figure in a pool, with the response delivering a humorous or sarcastic take on a topic. The template likely originated from user-created content, with this specific version mocking Microsoft's perceived track record of unsuccessful products or acquisitions. It was probably created using image editing software (e.g., Photoshop, mobile meme editors) and circulated on platforms like Reddit, Twitter/X, or 4chan. The characters are original to the meme template and not derived from a specific anime or animated work.
