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This is a two-panel meme using scenes from the animated series *SpongeBob SquarePants*. The top panel features a confused fish customer asking, "HI. UH, DO YOU HAVE ANY PLAYSTATION GAMES?". The bottom panel shows an exhausted, annoyed Squidward working as a retail employee responding with, "SIR, THIS IS A GAMESTOP.". The joke satirizes Sony's 2024 decision to end its partnership with Gamestop, meaning Gamestop no longer sells new physical PlayStation games, making the customer's request completely pointless.
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HI. UH, DO YOU HAVE ANY PLAYSTATION GAMES?
SIR, THIS IS A GAMESTOP.

Overview

This is a two-panel meme using scenes from the animated series SpongeBob SquarePants. The top panel features a confused fish customer asking, "HI. UH, DO YOU HAVE ANY PLAYSTATION GAMES?". The bottom panel shows an exhausted, annoyed Squidward working as a retail employee responding with, "SIR, THIS IS A GAMESTOP.". The joke satirizes Sony's 2024 decision to end its partnership with Gamestop, meaning Gamestop no longer sells new physical PlayStation games, making the customer's request completely pointless.

Origin notes

This meme was originally shared on the Reddit r/Meme subreddit with the title "Thanks, Sony". It adapts the popular "Sir, this is a Wendy's" dismissive retail response meme format, using SpongeBob SquarePants characters to joke about the widely discussed termination of the sales partnership between Sony Interactive Entertainment and GameStop.

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