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Volkswagen Has No Comments On Its Founding History

This meme compares the positive founding stories of three major car brands to Volkswagen's uncomfortable founding history. First, Chevrolet, Toyota, and Ford are each shown proudly touting their well-respected, celebrated founders. The final entry for Volkswagen is paired with an edited image of Squidward Tentacles from SpongeBob SquarePants, wearing a Volkswagen branded service cap and uniform, looking awkward, unamused, and silent. The joke references the fact that Volkswagen was founded by the Nazi regime at the order of Adolf Hitler, giving the brand no positive, pride-worthy founder narrative to share like its competitors.
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Chevrolet: We take pride in being founded by Louis Chevrolet
Toyota: Our founder was the genius Kiichiro Toyoda.
Ford: We were founded by the visionary Henry Ford
Volkswagen:

Overview

This meme compares the positive founding stories of three major car brands to Volkswagen's uncomfortable founding history. First, Chevrolet, Toyota, and Ford are each shown proudly touting their well-respected, celebrated founders. The final entry for Volkswagen is paired with an edited image of Squidward Tentacles from SpongeBob SquarePants, wearing a Volkswagen branded service cap and uniform, looking awkward, unamused, and silent. The joke references the fact that Volkswagen was founded by the Nazi regime at the order of Adolf Hitler, giving the brand no positive, pride-worthy founder narrative to share like its competitors.

Origin notes

This meme was originally shared on Reddit in the r/meme subreddit with the original title 'Volkswagen: no comments'. It is a derivative work that edits the popular 'awkward Squidward' reaction image by adding Volkswagen branding to Squidward's clothing, paired with text comparing founder stories of major automotive brands to make the dark humor joke about Volkswagen's problematic origin.

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