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When I'm Dieting

This is a relatable funny meme about dieting struggles. It pairs text describing the common experience of skipping buying snacks at the store to stick to a no-snack diet rule, only to immediately start craving snacks afterwards, with a photograph of a glum, hunched-over grumpy otter whose posture and expression perfectly match the regretful, hungry mood of this situation.
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When you didn't buy any snacks at the store because you told yourself you need to stop snacking, but now you feel snackish

Overview

This is a relatable funny meme about dieting struggles. It pairs text describing the common experience of skipping buying snacks at the store to stick to a no-snack diet rule, only to immediately start craving snacks afterwards, with a photograph of a glum, hunched-over grumpy otter whose posture and expression perfectly match the regretful, hungry mood of this situation.

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As noted, this meme originates from Reddit, and was later reposted to Bored Panda which is marked by the boredpanda.com watermark at the bottom right corner of the image. It is a widely shared viral relatable meme about the difficulty of sticking to dieting and snack restrictions.

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