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This is a sarcastic single-image meme. The top of the meme poses the question 'What could be the most terrifying thing we find on Mars?' above a standard photograph of the red planet Mars against a black space background. The punchline of the joke is placed at the very bottom of the image: 'Microsoft Teams'. The humor derives from widespread popular dislike of the Microsoft Teams work communication platform, implying that being forced to use the platform for work is so unpleasant that finding it on another planet would be the scariest possible discovery, as it would mean people cannot escape work obligations even on Mars.
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What could be the most terrifying thing we find on Mars?
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Overview

This is a sarcastic single-image meme. The top of the meme poses the question 'What could be the most terrifying thing we find on Mars?' above a standard photograph of the red planet Mars against a black space background. The punchline of the joke is placed at the very bottom of the image: 'Microsoft Teams'. The humor derives from widespread popular dislike of the Microsoft Teams work communication platform, implying that being forced to use the platform for work is so unpleasant that finding it on another planet would be the scariest possible discovery, as it would mean people cannot escape work obligations even on Mars.

Origin notes

This meme was originally created by social media user @ibe_sarcastic (display name imbeingsarcastic), whose watermark appears on the post. It was later shared as an RSS feed item on the platform 9Gag under the original post title 'A terrifying discovery on Mars'.

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