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What If Stephen Hawking Is the Real Slim Shady But He Can't Stand Up?

A meme featuring a photograph of Stephen Hawking seated in his wheelchair. The image has bold white text at the top reading 'WHAT IF' and larger text below stating 'STEPHEN HAWKINGS IS THE REAL SLIM SHADY BUT HE CANT STAND UP?'. The humor stems from a pun on Eminem's song 'The Real Slim Shady,' where the lyrics famously ask 'Will the real Slim Shady please stand up?' Hawking, who used a wheelchair due to amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), is humorously suggested as the 'real Slim Shady' but unable to 'stand up,' creating a playful twist on the original song's line.
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WHAT IF STEPHEN HAWKINGS IS THE REAL SLIM SHADY BUT HE CANT STAND UP?

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A meme featuring a photograph of Stephen Hawking seated in his wheelchair. The image has bold white text at the top reading 'WHAT IF' and larger text below stating 'STEPHEN HAWKINGS IS THE REAL SLIM SHADY BUT HE CANT STAND UP?'. The humor stems from a pun on Eminem's song 'The Real Slim Shady,' where the lyrics famously ask 'Will the real Slim Shady please stand up?' Hawking, who used a wheelchair due to amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), is humorously suggested as the 'real Slim Shady' but unable to 'stand up,' creating a playful twist on the original song's line.

Origin notes

This meme originates from Reddit's meme community, as indicated by the source 'Reddit:Meme'. It is a user-created remix combining a real photograph of Stephen Hawking with overlaid text to form a pun referencing Eminem's 'The Real Slim Shady.' The image was likely created using basic image editing software to add the text captions to the original photograph of Hawking.

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