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I'm tired of protein dictatorship

This meme uses the popular format of a menacing Terminator searching for a cowering hiding anime girl. The Terminator in the background is labeled with text representing ubiquitous food marketing lines: "40G OF PROTEIN PER SERVING", "HIGH PROTEIN", and "RICH IN PROTEIN". The crying, distressed anime girl hiding behind a wall is labeled "ME JUST TRYING TO DO MY GROCERY SHOPPING". The joke conveys frustration from regular shoppers who are fed up with the overwhelming, constant push of high-protein marketing on nearly all food products when they just want to shop for normal groceries.
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"40G OF PROTEIN PER SERVING" HIGH PROTEIN RICH IN PROTEIN
ME JUST TRYING TO DO MY GROCERY SHOPPING

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Satire of overabundant high protein food marketing frustrating regular grocery shoppers

Overview

This meme uses the popular format of a menacing Terminator searching for a cowering hiding anime girl. The Terminator in the background is labeled with text representing ubiquitous food marketing lines: "40G OF PROTEIN PER SERVING", "HIGH PROTEIN", and "RICH IN PROTEIN". The crying, distressed anime girl hiding behind a wall is labeled "ME JUST TRYING TO DO MY GROCERY SHOPPING". The joke conveys frustration from regular shoppers who are fed up with the overwhelming, constant push of high-protein marketing on nearly all food products when they just want to shop for normal groceries.

Origin notes

This meme was sourced from an RSS feed of content from Reddit's Meme community. It is an edited remix of the widely used "Terminator searching for hiding anime girl" meme template, modified to satirize the over-saturation of high-protein focused food marketing in modern grocery stores.

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