Tag: thought provoking

This ironic history meme uses a famous layered hidden-image artwork to make its point. The top portion shows two relaxed civilians standing on a grassy bluff overlooking a sunny beach, captioned "AMERICANS HAVING FUN MAKING FUN OF THE FRENCH", referencing the common American stereotype that French people are cowardly surrenderers, widely known online as the "cheese eating surrender monkeys" joke. Hidden underneath the bluff, hundreds of dead and dying French soldiers are depicted holding the hill up from below in a sea of blood, captioned "THE FRENCH BEING THE MAIN REASON AMERICA IS A COUNTRY." The meme highlights the irony that Americans often mock French military history while ignoring that French military and financial support was critical to the United States winning independence during the Revolutionary War.

HA, HA, HA!!!! THOSE CHEESE EATING SURRENDER MONKEYS!!!!!!!

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This is a four-panel web comic shared as a meme, originally posted on Reddit with the title asking 'Where is the star trek future?'. The comic opens with a simple pink human character sitting on a wooden dock over water. A talking lobster in the water approaches the character, asking if he wants to learn something new. The lobster then shares the upsetting real-world fact that there are more enslaved people in the world today than at any previous point in history. The pink character responds, looking tired and dejected, with the line 'Knowledge is the heaviest burden'. The meme's title connects this joke to the absence of the idealized utopian future that the Star Trek franchise depicts, pointing out that severe social evils like slavery still exist in modern times, making the promised utopia feel far out of reach. The joke hinges on the relatable feeling of learning a depressing truth that permanently weighs on your mind after you know it.

Where is the star trek future?

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This is a two-panel meme that uses footage from a street interview to make a commentary on global wealth inequality. In the first panel, an unidentified Black man in a grey The North Face hoodie looks off-camera with a skeptical expression, with overlaid text reading "the earth is a resort for like 500 rich people". In the second panel, the man turns to face the camera with a wide-eyed, shocked and serious expression, finishing the statement with the overlaid text "and the rest of us are just the staff". The joke highlights the observation that a tiny number of ultra-wealthy people reap almost all the benefits of the planet's resources, while the vast majority of people work to serve them without getting the same luxury benefits.

The earth is a resort

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This meme uses the popular thinking chimpanzee template, where a chimpanzee wearing glasses holds an open book and rests a hand on its chin in a contemplative pose, over a red to yellow gradient background. It presents a classic 'would you rather' question asking the audience to choose between receiving 5 million dollars in one year, or receiving one dollar after 5 million years. The chimpanzee's thinking pose represents the audience pondering this obvious choice, as the 5 million dollar option is far more valuable and relevant to any living person, while the 5 million year wait makes the one dollar effectively worthless for anyone alive today.

Thinking Monkey Would You Rather Money Question

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This is a popular quote meme featuring well-known British physicist and science communicator Professor Brian Cox. The image shows Brian Cox speaking at a public event, holding a microphone and gesturing to emphasize his point. A text quote is overlaid on the bottom of the image, which argues that while everyone has the right to hold an opinion, that right does not obligate other people to listen to it, and opinions that are factually nonsensical can be roundly ignored or even mocked. The meme is commonly shared to call out uninformed or bad-faith takes in online discussions.

Professor Brian Cox On The Right To An Opinion

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