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Grim Reaper in The Sims panics when a Sim goes into labor mid-soul collection

This meme consists of a screenshot taken from the life simulation video game series The Sims. The upper portion of the image shows the black-robed Grim Reaper, an NPC that appears in-game to collect the souls of deceased Sims, standing on the porch of a residential lot holding his head in a panicked gesture. Next to him is a female Sim in a light dress, holding her pregnant belly in shock as she enters labor. The text overlay above the screenshot explains the context: the Grim Reaper arrived at the lot to collect the soul of a dead Sim, only for a different Sim to immediately go into labor, causing the Grim Reaper to have an exaggerated panicked reaction. A user comment below the text adds a joke attributed to the Grim Reaper, expressing that facilitating birth is the exact opposite of his job of collecting souls.
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"THIS IS NOT MY JOB. THIS IS THE EXACT OPPOSITE OF MY JOB."

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So one of my sims died, and the grim reaper turned up to do his business, but then another of my sims went into labour and the grim reaper started freaking the hell out

Overview

This meme consists of a screenshot taken from the life simulation video game series The Sims. The upper portion of the image shows the black-robed Grim Reaper, an NPC that appears in-game to collect the souls of deceased Sims, standing on the porch of a residential lot holding his head in a panicked gesture. Next to him is a female Sim in a light dress, holding her pregnant belly in shock as she enters labor. The text overlay above the screenshot explains the context: the Grim Reaper arrived at the lot to collect the soul of a dead Sim, only for a different Sim to immediately go into labor, causing the Grim Reaper to have an exaggerated panicked reaction. A user comment below the text adds a joke attributed to the Grim Reaper, expressing that facilitating birth is the exact opposite of his job of collecting souls.

Origin notes

This meme originates from a post by X (formerly Twitter) user darecrowavis, who shared the funny unscripted in-game event they encountered while playing The Sims. It was later reposted on the X account meme.jpg via RSS feed. The humor comes from the often unpredictable and absurd emergent gameplay that The Sims franchise is known for, combined with the relatable joke of being faced with a task completely outside of one's job description.

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