Choose Both: Tomboy Girlfriend = Bro + Partner

This two-panel meme uses the popular 'Captain Picard Buttons' template to joke about resolving the conflict between wanting to spend time with a girlfriend and a male best friend. The top panel displays two red buttons labeled Spending time with girlfriend and Spending time with bro, with a hand positioned as if choosing between them. The bottom panel features a stylized version of Captain Jean-Luc Picard (from Star Trek: The Next Generation) grinning and giving a thumbs-up, with the punchline: Just get a tomboy as your girlfriend, so that she basically is your bro. The humor lies in the clever workaround that combines both desired social experiences into one relationship, leaning into the stereotype of tomboys sharing interests and behaviors typically associated with male friendships.

This meme is a remix of the iconic 'Two Buttons' meme template originating from Star Trek: The Next Generation, where Captain Picard is shown at a control panel with two options, followed by a witty solution. The watermarks '@catfirep' and '+JAKE-CLARK.TUMBLR' indicate this specific version was created or shared on Tumblr, and it likely circulated on other meme platforms like Reddit, Twitter/X, and Instagram. The original template is a redrawn/edited adaptation of a scene from the show, repurposed for various joke formats over the years.