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This is a relatable humorous meme consisting of text above a screenshot from the Despicable Me franchise. The top text reads: 'Me: *sits in that one weird position for 30 mins*', followed by 'My nervous system:'. Below this is an image of the character Gru, with edited subtitles stating 'In terms of leg you have no leg'. The joke references the common, relatable experience of a leg falling asleep (developing pins and needles/numbness) after staying in an awkward seated position for an extended period, framing the nervous system as bluntly informing the person their leg is temporarily non-functional.
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Me: *sits in that one weird position for 30 mins*
My nervous system:
In terms of leg you have no leg

Overview

This is a relatable humorous meme consisting of text above a screenshot from the Despicable Me franchise. The top text reads: 'Me: sits in that one weird position for 30 mins', followed by 'My nervous system:'. Below this is an image of the character Gru, with edited subtitles stating 'In terms of leg you have no leg'. The joke references the common, relatable experience of a leg falling asleep (developing pins and needles/numbness) after staying in an awkward seated position for an extended period, framing the nervous system as bluntly informing the person their leg is temporarily non-functional.

Origin notes

This meme was sourced from an RSS feed of the Reddit r/Meme subreddit, as indicated by the provided source information. It uses a widely popular, frequently remixed template of a Gru scene from Despicable Me, where the original dialogue about having no money is edited to fit various humorous relatable contexts, such as this bodily sensation joke.

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