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Squidward Mourning Closed Piercing Relatable Meme

This two-panel meme uses footage of Squidward Tentacles from the animated series *SpongeBob SquarePants* set in a graveyard. The top panel depicts a tearful, mournful Squidward kneeling to place a bouquet of white flowers at a grave. The bottom panel shows Squidward walking away dejectedly after leaving the flowers. Overlaid text across the panels reads "Reminiscing on a piercing you let close be like:", creating a humorous relatable joke that frames the minor regret of losing a piercing that grew closed after being left unused as a grief response similar to mourning a deceased person.
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Overview

This two-panel meme uses footage of Squidward Tentacles from the animated series SpongeBob SquarePants set in a graveyard. The top panel depicts a tearful, mournful Squidward kneeling to place a bouquet of white flowers at a grave. The bottom panel shows Squidward walking away dejectedly after leaving the flowers. Overlaid text across the panels reads "Reminiscing on a piercing you let close be like:", creating a humorous relatable joke that frames the minor regret of losing a piercing that grew closed after being left unused as a grief response similar to mourning a deceased person.

Origin notes

The base visual is a canonical scene from the SpongeBob SquarePants animated television series. An unknown editor added relatable text about closed body piercings to create the meme, which was then shared on X (formerly Twitter) via the account @meme.jpg, as documented by the provided RSS source. It is widely circulated as a relatable reaction meme for people who have experienced piercings closing over time.

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