Shrek Yells at r/memes Users to Stop Unnecessary Self-Censorship

A joke criticizing unnecessary self-censorship by r/memes Reddit users

This is a two-panel meme using scenes from the DreamWorks animated Shrek franchise. The top panel shows Shrek with a frustrated, pleading expression paired with the text "COULD YOU STOP CENSORING YOURSELVES...". The bottom panel shows Shrek yelling angrily at Donkey, who is labeled as "R/MEMES USERS", with the closing text "FOR FIVE MINUTES????". The humorous joke calls out the widespread trend of r/memes community members unnecessarily censoring completely harmless, non-offensive words in their posts to avoid automated content filter removals, even when no censorship is required.

This meme was originally posted to the Reddit r/memes subreddit, explicitly noted as a response to other recently shared memes on the sub that featured unnecessary self-censorship of unobjectionable language. It edits the widely used pre-existing "Shrek asks for five minutes" meme template, which originates from a scene in the first Shrek animated film.