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Posting an unpopular opinion on r/unpopularopinion gets heavily downvoted

This is a two-panel reaction meme using the iconic death of Uncle Ben scene from the 2002 Sam Raimi Spider-Man film. The top panel shows a distressed Peter Parker asking 'UNCLE BEN WHAT HAPPENED?'. The bottom panel shows the dying Uncle Ben, with a Reddit post upvote/downvote counter showing a total score of -67k placed over his face, paired with the caption 'I POSTED AN UNPOPULAR OPINION ON R/UNPOPULAROPINION'. The joke lies in the widely observed irony that the r/unpopularopinion subreddit, which is meant to showcase opinions that go against mainstream consensus, regularly downvotes genuinely unpopular opinions shared by users, defeating the purpose of the sub.
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UNCLE BEN WHAT HAPPENED?
I POSTED AN UNPOPULAR OPINION ON R/UNPOPULAROPINION

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Overview

This is a two-panel reaction meme using the iconic death of Uncle Ben scene from the 2002 Sam Raimi Spider-Man film. The top panel shows a distressed Peter Parker asking 'UNCLE BEN WHAT HAPPENED?'. The bottom panel shows the dying Uncle Ben, with a Reddit post upvote/downvote counter showing a total score of -67k placed over his face, paired with the caption 'I POSTED AN UNPOPULAR OPINION ON R/UNPOPULAROPINION'. The joke lies in the widely observed irony that the r/unpopularopinion subreddit, which is meant to showcase opinions that go against mainstream consensus, regularly downvotes genuinely unpopular opinions shared by users, defeating the purpose of the sub.

Origin notes

This meme was posted on the Reddit r/Meme subreddit, as specified in the provided source information. It is an edited remix of the popular Uncle Ben death scene meme template, created to mock the common criticism of the r/unpopularopinion subreddit's typical user behavior.

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