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Unprepared Group Presentation Video Call Meme

This meme is formatted as a 4-grid video call interface, with each of the four call windows displaying the same shot of Patrick Bateman (Christian Bale from the film *American Psycho*) with a blank, stunned, awkward expression. The text at the top of the meme reads 'when its your group chance to do presentation but none of your group member prepared anything (including you)'. It humorously captures the shared awkward, panicked feeling that every member of a group project experiences when no one, including the viewer, completed any work ahead of a required group presentation, with all participants silently staring at each other in mutual panic during the call.
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when its your group chance to do presentation but none of your group member prepared anything (including you)

Overview

This meme is formatted as a 4-grid video call interface, with each of the four call windows displaying the same shot of Patrick Bateman (Christian Bale from the film American Psycho) with a blank, stunned, awkward expression. The text at the top of the meme reads 'when its your group chance to do presentation but none of your group member prepared anything (including you)'. It humorously captures the shared awkward, panicked feeling that every member of a group project experiences when no one, including the viewer, completed any work ahead of a required group presentation, with all participants silently staring at each other in mutual panic during the call.

Origin notes

This meme originates from an X.com (formerly Twitter) RSS feed from the account meme.jpg. It is a remixed meme that edits the widely used Patrick Bateman blank stare reaction shot from American Psycho into a multi-participant video call layout, a common meme template used to represent shared group experiences. The meme is targeted at students and office workers who have experience with uncoordinated group projects.

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