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This image is a screenshot combining an anonymous 4chan post and a top Reddit comment. The 4chan post, dated March 19, 2020, features a widely used meme profile photo of a smiling young man resembling Mark Zuckerberg, paired with somber text stating that every person will eventually be thought of for the last time and permanently forgotten by the entire universe. The top Reddit reply from user tiredtumbleweed subverts the gloomy, existential tone entirely with the absurd punchline: 'Not if I eat the Mona Lisa', implying that committing this infamous, historically notable crime would guarantee he is never forgotten, creating dark absurdist humor.

Absurd Reddit Comment Mocks Existential Dread Post

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The image is split into two sections: the top is a photo of a young woman with long dark hair, wearing a short form-fitting red dress, posing with one hand on her hip in a bedroom interior with a wardrobe, window and bed visible. The bottom section is a screenshot of a social media comment thread under the photo: a user named abeerah leaves a comment saying "holding the back of the dress with ur other hand to tighten it is so real", referring to a common trick people use to make loose dresses look tighter in photos. The original content creator, lara streets, replies to this comment with "girl i have one arm" paired with a crying laughing emoji, revealing the commenter made an incorrect, accidentally awkward assumption, as the dress naturally fits the way it looks without any trick. The humor comes from the unexpected, awkward twist of the incorrect assumption.

Commenter assumes girl holds her dress tight with other arm, learns she only has one arm

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This image is a screenshot of two consecutive social media posts forming a viral humorous joke. The first post by user 'meathorse' states 'your heart is a muscle the size of a rat'. The second reply post by user 'venusisfortransbians' is written in all caps as 'SPONGE BOB SQUARE PANTS'. The joke works because the phrase 'SpongeBob SquarePants' has an identical rhythm and cadence to the end of the first post's statement, creating an unexpected, perfectly fitting non-sequitur punchline that is completely unrelated to the original fact about heart size.

Unexpected SpongeBob SquarePants Reply to Heart Size Fact

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This meme shows a photo of a wall-mounted medical monitor displaying a prenatal ultrasound scan. The fetus visible in the ultrasound appears to be raising one arm with its middle finger extended directly towards the viewer. The humor derives from the contrast between the typically warm, sentimental context of viewing a baby ultrasound and the unexpected edgy, rude gesture the fetus seems to be making, paired with the deadpan title that announces the baby's sex.

i think it's a boy

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