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This meme is a remix of the iconic "Always Has Been" astronaut template. Set in outer space with the Earth labeled **global economy** in the background, it features two astronauts: the lower one asks, *"was just a giant debt scam?"*, while the upper astronaut—holding a gun to the lower one—responds with the deadpan, iconic line *"always has been"*. The meme uses dark, sarcastic humor to satirize the perception of the global economic system as a predatory, debt-based structure.

Always Has Been - Global Economy is a Giant Debt Scam

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This image is a screenshot of a Twitter/X (formerly Twitter) thread. The top section presents a viral-style claim: that Asteroid Psyche 16 holds $700 quintillion worth of gold reserves, which the text claims would make every person on Earth a billionaire. Below this text is an artistic rendering of the crater-covered Asteroid Psyche 16 set against a starry space background. A reply from verified user Kevin Gaughen (@gaughen) follows, delivering a blunt, fact-based correction: he explains that flooding the global market with this massive amount of gold would collapse its value entirely, leaving everyone still poor, and adds a sharp suggestion to take an economics class. The humor and core of the meme come from the stark contrast between the naive, optimistic initial claim and the realistic, snarky economic reality check, highlighting a common misunderstanding of supply and demand's impact on commodity value.

Asteroid Psyche 16 Gold Reserve Debate: Economics Reality Check

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This is a 3-panel meme using edited screenshots from the live-action Transformers film series. Panel 1 shows Sam Witwicky (played by Shia LaBeouf) hiding behind a dumpster labeled 'THE ECONOMY', cowering from a menacing Decepticon labeled 'INCREASING BIRTH RATE'—framing the push to raise birth rates as a pressure on economic goals. Panel 2 depicts Sam actively fighting the Decepticon, representing efforts to align economic growth with higher birth rate targets. Panel 3 shows Sam being violently attacked by a force labeled 'INSANE COST OF LIVING', illustrating how the overwhelming high cost of living undermines both economic progress and attempts to increase birth rates. The meme satirizes the real-world societal struggle where even if policymakers aim to boost the economy and birth rates, unaffordable living conditions make it unfeasible for people to start or grow families, derailing those intended goals.

Economy vs Birth Rate vs Cost of Living Meme (Transformers Template)

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This meme satirizes economic arguments that frame wealth inequality (only a small number of people being rich) as a necessary safeguard to prevent market crashes. It uses a variant of the popular 'Brainlet' meme character—an exaggerated, drooling, mindless cartoon figure—to represent the absurdity or perceived lack of credibility in such justifications. The character is depicted holding a large, blocky, abstract object (likely a stand-in for financial markets or economic tools) and drinking from it, with slobbering features that imply the explanation is nonsensical or a flimsy excuse. The humor comes from mocking expert claims by associating them with a figure that symbolizes poor reasoning or blind acceptance, suggesting that these economic justifications are only believable to someone who is unthinking or easily manipulated.

Economists Justify Wealth Inequality (Market Crash Brainlet Meme)

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A 4-panel black-and-white comic meme depicting businessmen discussing declining profits. Panel 1: A stern businessman yells, 'ALRIGHT, GENTLEMEN: WHY ARE OUR PROFITS DECLINING?!' Panel 2: Another businessman suggests, 'SELL THEM WHAT WE WANT.' Panel 3: (Assumed) Group looks concerned. Panel 4: A businessman emphatically corrects, 'SELL THEM WHAT THEY WANT,' highlighting the irony of businesses ignoring customer needs. The meme revives a classic format to satirize corporate disconnect from consumer demand.

Reviving a classic

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A bar chart titled 'Gen Z and Alcohol: A Fading Bond' comparing annual alcoholic beverage expenditure by generation in the United States. The chart displays four vertical purple bars labeled from left to right: Boomers ($25.09B), Generation X ($23.14B), Millennials ($23.45B), and Gen Z ($3.13B), with Gen Z's bar significantly shorter than the others. To the right of the bars is a simple illustration of a hand holding a wine glass with purple liquid. The source of the data is cited at the bottom as 'U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics'.

Gen Z and Alcohol: A Fading Bond

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A meme featuring an illustration of two people engaged in arm wrestling. The top text reads 'Fucking poor people,' serving as a sarcastic commentary on the target group affected. The left arm is labeled 'Microsoft stopping Support for older PCs,' and the right arm is labeled 'massively increasing PC Part prices.' The arm wrestling scenario symbolizes the combined pressure of Microsoft discontinuing support for older computers and raising PC component prices, which the meme suggests disproportionately harms low-income individuals.

Time to get a new hobby

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A two-panel meme using scenes from the animated film Shrek. The top panel shows Shrek with a slightly annoyed expression, saying 'Can you stop creating economical bubbles'. The bottom panel shows Shrek looking upward at a large American flag, continuing with 'for just five minutes?!' The background in both panels features a grassy, outdoor setting with trees, consistent with Shrek's swamp environment.

Shrek Asking to Stop Creating Economical Bubbles for Five Minutes

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A photograph of the Blackstone building, a large commercial structure with a prominent 'Blackstone' sign, surrounded by trees decorated with white lights. A person is visible walking in front of the building. Overlaid in bold yellow uppercase text is a critical message accusing Blackstone of acquiring 274,000 homes and investing $1 trillion to convert homeownership into 'subscription housing,' allegedly aiming to create a generation that rents rather than owns property. The text contrasts familial aspirations for homeownership ('white picket fences') with Wall Street's purported goal of permanent tenancy.

Generations of renters

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A comic-style meme featuring two characters engaged in a debate about minimum wage. The left character, likely representing a younger generation, argues in a frustrated tone: 'MINIMUM WAGE JOBS ARE FOR TEENAGERS; IT'S NOT MEANT TO LIVE ON.' The right character, identified as Batman from DC Comics, responds with a smug and confident expression: 'YOUR DAD'S MINIMUM WAGE JOB PAID FOR A HOUSE, A CAR, KIDS, & A SECRET FAMILY,' highlighting a perceived generational disconnect in minimum wage purchasing power. Below the dialogue, large bold text reads 'BOOMERS,' framing the critique as a commentary on generational differences.

Minimum Wage Debate: Boomers vs. Modern Reality

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A multi-panel meme comparing attitudes towards artificial relationships in 2015 versus 2025. Top-left 2015 panel: A grinning Wojak meme character says, 'Ha! What an idiot! Plankton fell in love with a robot!' Top-right: Plankton (from SpongeBob) stands beside a robot monitor. Bottom-left 2025 panel: A distressed, hollow-eyed Wojak. Bottom-right: An AI-generated woman labeled 'Mona Newman' from 'candy.ai'. The meme concludes with '2 sticks of RAM cost $200 because of this shit btw...' mocking the irony of mocking robot relationships in 2015 versus embracing AI companions in 2025, tied to rising tech costs.

2015 Laughing at Plankton vs 2025 with AI Girlfriend and RAM Prices

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A meme featuring a detailed text explanation of why RAM prices have increased fourfold, paired with a visual of two hands installing a colorful RGB-lit RAM stick into a computer motherboard. The text humorously critiques speculative economic practices by listing a chain of non-existent or unmanufactured components (memory, GPUs, data centers, infrastructure) and non-existent demand, all aimed at generating 'mathematically impossible profits'. The visual shows a close-up of real hands handling computer hardware, emphasizing the tangible nature of the product against the abstract, speculative reasons given for price hikes.

In case it wasn't obvious

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