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This meme makes fun of the ironic flaw of Microsoft's Windows 11 Copilot feature. The top section displays a news headline from Windows Latest that states Copilot can now identify what is slowing down a user's PC, while the feature itself consumes 1 full GB of RAM. Below the headline is a black and white photo of director Martin Scorsese holding both hands up in a dismissive, exasperated shrug, paired with large bold text at the bottom that reads "ABSOLUTE MICROSLOP". The humor comes from pointing out the absurdity of a tool built to fix slow performance being the direct cause of the performance issue it is meant to resolve.
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Windows 11 Copilot now tells you what's slowing down your PC, while using 1GB RAM itself
ABSOLUTE MICROSLOP

Overview

This meme makes fun of the ironic flaw of Microsoft's Windows 11 Copilot feature. The top section displays a news headline from Windows Latest that states Copilot can now identify what is slowing down a user's PC, while the feature itself consumes 1 full GB of RAM. Below the headline is a black and white photo of director Martin Scorsese holding both hands up in a dismissive, exasperated shrug, paired with large bold text at the bottom that reads "ABSOLUTE MICROSLOP". The humor comes from pointing out the absurdity of a tool built to fix slow performance being the direct cause of the performance issue it is meant to resolve.

Origin notes

This meme was shared on the Reddit Meme subreddit, as specified in the provided source metadata. It is a remixed work combining a news headline from tech publication Windows Latest about Windows 11 Copilot's resource usage with a widely circulated Martin Scorsese reaction image. The term "Microslop" is a common pejorative internet nickname for Microsoft, used to mock the company's reputation for releasing bloated, buggy, low-effort software products.

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