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Complaints About Stranger Things From A Community That Stopped Netflix

A meme featuring a photograph of a puffin bird standing on green grass with one foot lifted. The top text reads 'THERE ARE A LOT OF COMPLAINTS ABOUT STRANGER THINGS' and the bottom text reads 'FOR A COMMUNITY THAT STOPPED WATCHING NETFLIX YEARS AGO'. The humor lies in the sarcastic observation that a community which claims to have stopped using Netflix years ago still complains about the show 'Stranger Things' (a Netflix original series).
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THERE ARE A LOT OF COMPLAINTS ABOUT STRANGER THINGS FOR A COMMUNITY THAT STOPPED WATCHING NETFLIX YEARS AGO

Overview

A meme featuring a photograph of a puffin bird standing on green grass with one foot lifted. The top text reads 'THERE ARE A LOT OF COMPLAINTS ABOUT STRANGER THINGS' and the bottom text reads 'FOR A COMMUNITY THAT STOPPED WATCHING NETFLIX YEARS AGO'. The humor lies in the sarcastic observation that a community which claims to have stopped using Netflix years ago still complains about the show 'Stranger Things' (a Netflix original series).

Origin notes

The meme is sourced from 9Gag, as indicated in the additional information. It appears to be a user-created meme combining a real photograph of a puffin with overlaid text to create a sarcastic commentary on internet communities complaining about a show they no longer watch.

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