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The Spell of Rejection

This is a 3-panel humorous comic meme that combines the relatable experience of romantic rejection with the classic internet chain curse trope. The first panel shows a boy lying on a couch texting a sincere love confession to a girl, saying he is completely in love with her and his dream is to make her happy. The second panel shows the girl replying with the common 'friend zone' rejection: 'haha sorry we're just friends'. The third panel shows the boy crying after receiving the rejection, with the punchline twist: the rejection is actually a curse, and the viewer must send this meme to 15 other people to undo the spell. It jokes that getting rejected feels like a bad, inescapable curse while parodying the annoying chain messages that have circulated online for decades.
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I am completely in love with you and my dream is to make you happy
haha sorry we're just friends
You have been cursed send this to 15 people to undo the spell

Overview

This is a 3-panel humorous comic meme that combines the relatable experience of romantic rejection with the classic internet chain curse trope. The first panel shows a boy lying on a couch texting a sincere love confession to a girl, saying he is completely in love with her and his dream is to make her happy. The second panel shows the girl replying with the common 'friend zone' rejection: 'haha sorry we're just friends'. The third panel shows the boy crying after receiving the rejection, with the punchline twist: the rejection is actually a curse, and the viewer must send this meme to 15 other people to undo the spell. It jokes that getting rejected feels like a bad, inescapable curse while parodying the annoying chain messages that have circulated online for decades.

Origin notes

This meme originated on Reddit, originally shared under the title 'The Spell of Rejection'. It is a humorous original meme that parodies two common internet tropes: romantic rejection friend zone content, and the old chain mail/chain curse posts that pressure users to forward content to avoid bad luck. It has since been reposted across multiple social media platforms as a lighthearted joke about rejection.

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