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This meme leads with the text line 'Wont tell anyone that I became rich, but there will be signs' at the top. Below this text is a screenshot of the about page for an officially registered, paid WinRAR 7.01 64-bit license, confirming the software has been legally purchased. The humor comes from the long-running tech culture joke that the vast majority of WinRAR users never pay for the software, as WinRAR remains fully functional permanently even after the nominal 40-day free trial expires. Purchasing an official WinRAR license is therefore framed as a subtle, funny sign that someone has enough disposable income to spend money on a product nearly everyone uses for free indefinitely.
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Wont tell anyone that I became rich, but there will be signs

Overview

This meme leads with the text line 'Wont tell anyone that I became rich, but there will be signs' at the top. Below this text is a screenshot of the about page for an officially registered, paid WinRAR 7.01 64-bit license, confirming the software has been legally purchased. The humor comes from the long-running tech culture joke that the vast majority of WinRAR users never pay for the software, as WinRAR remains fully functional permanently even after the nominal 40-day free trial expires. Purchasing an official WinRAR license is therefore framed as a subtle, funny sign that someone has enough disposable income to spend money on a product nearly everyone uses for free indefinitely.

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This meme was sourced from the RSS feed for the Reddit:Meme community, where it was shared as a relatable tech humor post. It plays on the decades-long widely known running joke about WinRAR's effectively unlimited free trial that is used by most consumers without payment.

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