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The Hairstyle Girls Love / The Hairstyle Girls Hate

This is a two-panel satirical meme that jokes that supposed women's preference for certain men's hairstyles is actually a preference for wealth and status, not the haircut itself. In the top panel, labeled 'The Hairstyle Girls Love', a man with a specific neat haircut is placed in front of a modern luxury mansion with a high-end black sports car parked in the driveway. In the bottom panel, labeled 'The Hairstyle Girls Hate', the exact same man with the exact same haircut is placed in front of a run-down, poor rural mud hut with an old rusty bicycle leaning against it. The joke highlights that the only difference between the two panels is the man's implied wealth, not his hairstyle, poking fun at shallow dating advice that overemphasizes hairstyle attractiveness.
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Top: The Hairstyle Girls Love; Bottom: The Hairstyle Girls Hate

Overview

This is a two-panel satirical meme that jokes that supposed women's preference for certain men's hairstyles is actually a preference for wealth and status, not the haircut itself. In the top panel, labeled 'The Hairstyle Girls Love', a man with a specific neat haircut is placed in front of a modern luxury mansion with a high-end black sports car parked in the driveway. In the bottom panel, labeled 'The Hairstyle Girls Hate', the exact same man with the exact same haircut is placed in front of a run-down, poor rural mud hut with an old rusty bicycle leaning against it. The joke highlights that the only difference between the two panels is the man's implied wealth, not his hairstyle, poking fun at shallow dating advice that overemphasizes hairstyle attractiveness.

Origin notes

This meme originated as a viral joke posted to Reddit, per the given original context which adds the humorous fake claim 'This has been studied and approved by 9 out of 10 universities worldwide' as a playful fake endorsement. It satirizes common clickbait dating content that claims certain hairstyles are inherently more attractive to women.

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