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Seriously, it needs to stop. Shrek begs gaming industry to stop bad news for 5 minutes

This is a two-panel reaction meme using the popular Shrek 'for five minutes' scene template. The first panel shows Shrek with a pleading frustrated expression, overlaid with the text 'Can you stop giving us bad news...'. The second panel shows Donkey standing in the doorway of Shrek's home, labeled 'Gaming Industry', as Shrek yells the end of the line: '...for 5 minutes!'. The meme expresses frustration from players about the constant stream of negative announcements, anti-consumer practices, layoffs, and controversial decisions coming from the video game industry.
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Can you stop giving us bad news...
...for 5 minutes!

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Overview

This is a two-panel reaction meme using the popular Shrek 'for five minutes' scene template. The first panel shows Shrek with a pleading frustrated expression, overlaid with the text 'Can you stop giving us bad news...'. The second panel shows Donkey standing in the doorway of Shrek's home, labeled 'Gaming Industry', as Shrek yells the end of the line: '...for 5 minutes!'. The meme expresses frustration from players about the constant stream of negative announcements, anti-consumer practices, layoffs, and controversial decisions coming from the video game industry.

Origin notes

This meme is a derivative edit of the widely circulated Shrek '5 minutes' meme template, which originates from a scene in the 2004 animated film Shrek 2. It was shared on the Reddit r/Meme subreddit, as sourced from an RSS feed of the subreddit, with the original post title 'Seriously, it needs to stop.'

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