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When Your Kid Asks Why They Have To Study

This is a two-panel ironic meme that jokes about why children need to get an education, using the sugar daddy/sugar baby trope. The left panel is labeled 'When your son asks why he has to study' and shows an older bald wealthy man standing in ocean water with a much younger attractive woman in a bikini. The text below says 'Show him this photo', implying that the son should study hard to become successful and wealthy enough to attract a partner like this when he is older. The right panel is labeled 'When your daughter asks why she has to study' and uses the same photo, but the woman's butt is edited to be noticeably larger. The text below says 'Show her this photo', with the implication that the daughter should study hard to build her own career and future, so she does not need to rely on appealing to an older wealthy man like this.
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When your son asks why he has to study; When your daughter asks why she has to study; Show him this photo; Show her this photo

Overview

This is a two-panel ironic meme that jokes about why children need to get an education, using the sugar daddy/sugar baby trope. The left panel is labeled 'When your son asks why he has to study' and shows an older bald wealthy man standing in ocean water with a much younger attractive woman in a bikini. The text below says 'Show him this photo', implying that the son should study hard to become successful and wealthy enough to attract a partner like this when he is older. The right panel is labeled 'When your daughter asks why she has to study' and uses the same photo, but the woman's butt is edited to be noticeably larger. The text below says 'Show her this photo', with the implication that the daughter should study hard to build her own career and future, so she does not need to rely on appealing to an older wealthy man like this.

Origin notes

This is a viral meme originally circulated on Reddit, as noted in the source information. It is an edited meme based on an existing public beach photo of an older man with a younger woman, with the right panel edited to change the woman's body size for comedic effect, and has been widely reposted across multiple social media platforms.

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