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Relieved Tick Removal Pun Meme Using NASA Celebration Photo

This meme uses the iconic, widely circulated 2012 photograph of NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory staff ecstatically celebrating the successful landing of the Curiosity rover on Mars. The overlaid text sets up a crude pun with double meaning: it first states 'Me when I finally got my dick sucked', leading viewers to expect a reference to a sexual encounter, before the parenthetical addendum '(had a tick on it)' clarifies that the phrase refers to having a parasitic tick removed from the person's genital area. The extreme joy and relief shown by the celebrating NASA staff acts as an exaggerated reaction to the unpleasant experience of having a tick removed from a sensitive area, with the humor coming from the subversion of the viewer's initial crude expectation.
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Me when I finally got my dick sucked (had a tick on it)

Overview

This meme uses the iconic, widely circulated 2012 photograph of NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory staff ecstatically celebrating the successful landing of the Curiosity rover on Mars. The overlaid text sets up a crude pun with double meaning: it first states 'Me when I finally got my dick sucked', leading viewers to expect a reference to a sexual encounter, before the parenthetical addendum '(had a tick on it)' clarifies that the phrase refers to having a parasitic tick removed from the person's genital area. The extreme joy and relief shown by the celebrating NASA staff acts as an exaggerated reaction to the unpleasant experience of having a tick removed from a sensitive area, with the humor coming from the subversion of the viewer's initial crude expectation.

Origin notes

The base image is a real, widely distributed press photo taken at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in August 2012, capturing staff reaction to the successful Curiosity rover landing. This edited meme version adds the pun text overlay, and was shared on the Reddit r/Meme subreddit as indicated by the provided source information. It is a common format of reaction meme that repurposes famous historic celebration images for relatable, humorous personal scenarios.

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