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This is a satirical meme using the popular two clasped arms agreement template. One arm is marked with the official FIFA logo and the text 'FIFA', while the opposite arm is printed with 'The British Museum'. The text above their clasped hands reads 'ROBBING EGYPT BLIND'. The joke draws a parallel between two widely criticized actions: the British Museum's longstanding retention of looted ancient Egyptian artifacts, and contemporary FIFA controversy involving the seizure of Egyptian antiquities intended for 2034 World Cup promotional displays, framing both entities as being aligned in unjustly taking valuable cultural items from Egypt.

Not Egypt's first rodeo

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This is a sports meme using a scene from the 2021 Pixar animated film *Luca*. A mustached male character labeled 'Belgium' kneels on a stone ledge, shrugging nonchalantly as he lets a younger child character labeled 'USA' fall off the ledge. A female character standing behind him, labeled 'FIFA', looks on with a shocked expression. The joke references the 2022 FIFA World Cup match where the Belgium men's national soccer team defeated the United States team, eliminating the US from the tournament, with the title 'Thanks Belgium' sarcastically referencing Belgium's role in the US's exit from the competition.

Thanks Belgium

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This meme features the Muppet character Pepe the King Prawn with an exhausted, weary, fed up expression, paired with overlaid text that reads "Me seeing an AI ad from a corporation that has billions in profit". It conveys relatable frustration and irritation at large, highly profitable corporations pushing constant AI advertising to consumers despite already earning massive annual profits, using the popular "I'm tired boss" meme format that communicates general burnout and weariness.

Fed Up Seeing AI Ads From Billion Dollar Corporations

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This is a satirical meme featuring a photograph of former United States president Donald Trump standing behind a public speaking podium with an emphatic, frustrated expression. Large bold white text is overlaid at the top of the image, stating 'TRUMP IS CONTACTING FIFA TO OVERTURN ALL 4 OF BELGIUM'S GOALS'. The joke satirizes Trump's well-documented history of disputing and attempting to overturn official results he disagrees with, applying that pattern humorously to a FIFA World Cup football match where Belgium scored 4 goals, implying he is trying to get those match results invalidated.

Breaking News: Trump Contacting FIFA to Overturn Belgium's World Cup Goals

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This meme highlights perceived hypocrisy from UK Green Party deputy leader Rachel Millard. It opens with a photo of Millard overlaid with text reading 'Refugees Welcome.... Just NOT here.' The accompanying text explains Millard spent years publicly advocating for welcoming refugees, supporting safe asylum routes, refugee right to work, and criticizing the UK government's 'hostile environment' immigration policy. However, when the UK Home Office proposed housing 600 asylum seekers at an army camp near her home, she publicly stated she was 'absolutely appalled', raised concerns about safety, poor planning and lack of consultation, and threatened legal action to block the plan. The meme jokes that support for refugees comes with an asterisk when they would be housed near wealthy pro-refugee politicians, then uses a modified Team Rocket meme from Pokémon, changing their famous line 'Prepare for trouble, make it double' to 'Prepare for standards.. Make it double' to mock her obvious double standard.

Green Party Deputy Leader Mocked for Hypocritical Refugee Housing Stance

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This is a three-panel satirical meme that parodies common audience grievances over modern Hollywood adaptations of classic literary works, specifically referencing the upcoming *The Odyssey* series production. The first panel, labeled "1 RACE SWAP FATIGUE", features a Black female cast member yelling in a period battle scene, referencing widespread online frustration with studios changing the racial identity of characters from source material that depicts ancient Mediterranean populations. The second panel, labeled "2 GENDER SWAP FATIGUE", shows a female-presenting actor with a weary, frustrated expression, pointing to complaints about unnecessary gender changes of traditionally male canonical characters from the original epic. The third panel, labeled "3 ZENDAYA FATIGUE", features actress Zendaya sitting on a pebbled beach wrapped in plain period cloth, referencing the public's fatigue over Zendaya being cast in a disproportionately large number of major blockbuster and adaptation projects in recent years leading to overexposure. The meme uses a numbered list format to humorously summarize the three most prominent criticisms of the *The Odyssey* adaptation circulating online.

The 3 Fatigues of 'The Odyssey' Casting Backlash Meme

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This is a collage reaction meme. The left half displays a CNN Science article announcing NASA intends to send a capsule of iconic video game recordings into space to attempt to contact alien life, paired with a graphic of well-known video game characters including Mario, Sonic the Hedgehog, Pac-Man, Master Chief, and Ryu from Street Fighter. The right half uses two reaction shots of Joey Tribbiani from the sitcom Friends: the first panel shows Joey with a smug, amused smirk, while the second panel shows his expression shift dramatically to wide-eyed, shocked concern. The meme uses heavy sarcasm, implying that sending video games (which frequently depict violence, combat, and conflict) to aliens will almost certainly cause negative, harmful consequences, playing directly off the ironic title claiming the action 'surely won’t cause any trouble'.

This surely won’t cause any trouble

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This is a two-panel reaction meme. The top panel features a smiling, amused woman labeled 'Muslims', with the adjacent text quote: 'Aisha was actually 9, not 6.' This references long-running debates over the age of Aisha, the wife of the Islamic prophet Muhammad, at the time her marriage was consummated. The bottom panel shows a deadpan, unimpressed woman labeled 'Me' reacting to the prior statement. The joke's punchline lies in the fact that correcting Aisha's age from 6 to 9 does not function as a valid defense, as both ages are universally recognized as far too young for marriage to an adult man, making the attempted justification completely unconvincing to the person reacting.

Age was but a number for Momo

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This is a two-panel reaction meme featuring a screenshot of the exasperated character General Hux from the Star Wars sequel trilogy. The first panel is overlaid with text reading 'AT THIS POINT I DON\'T CARE WHO WINS THE WORLD CUP', and the second panel continues with 'I JUST NEED THE USA TO LOSE'. The meme humorously expresses a widely shared sentiment among many global FIFA World Cup spectators who prioritize the United States national team losing over rooting for any specific country to win the tournament.

Most of the world at this point

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This is a two-panel meme comparing the fictional Mario brothers' stated opinions on generative AI. The top text poses the question of the Mario Bros' views on generative AI. The left red panel features Mario giving a measured, reasonable stance that while AI has many associated problems, people should not dehumanize others who use it. The right green panel features Luigi giving an over-the-top, comically aggressive stance saying that anyone who posts low-quality generative AI content (referred to as 'slop') will have their head explode. The joke frames Luigi's unapologetically harsh take as more relatable and preferable to Mario's neutral take, supporting the title that claims Luigi is the better brother.

More proof that Luigi is the better brother

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This is a two-panel meme featuring the animated character Skeletor from the 1980s *He-Man and the Masters of the Universe* series. In the top panel, Skeletor grins mischievously while gesturing with both hands, paired with text that compares the 18-year commitment of raising a child to an annoying unskippable online advertisement, framing choosing to be childfree as skipping this long obligation. The bottom panel shows Skeletor walking away into a dark, spiky landscape, with the text 'UNTIL WE MEET AGAIN' as he exits after making his cheeky, relatable observation.

The Ultimate Skip Button

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This satirical meme uses a scene from the animated series SpongeBob SquarePants. The top text states 'All brands in June', referencing the annual LGBTQ+ Pride month held in June. The character Mr. Krabs is edited to wear a shirt patterned with the rainbow pride flag, while he is being interviewed by a news reporter character. The bottom caption has Mr. Krabs saying 'Hello. I like money'. The meme mocks the common practice of 'rainbow washing', where consumer brands add rainbow pride imagery to their branding during June solely to drive sales and profit, rather than showing genuine support for the LGBTQ+ community.

Brands Perform Pride Support For Profit Meme

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