Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb

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This meme uses a still image of Dr. Strangelove (portrayed by Peter Sellers) from the 1964 Stanley Kubrick film *Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb*. The character has a wide-eyed, shocked, unsettled smile, leaning forward with a hand near his chin. The overlaid text reads: 'That face you make when defending a pedophile by screaming about the Dow Jones'. The humor and satire come from mocking the tactic of deflection in arguments: when someone is confronted about defending a serious, unethical issue (defending a pedophile), they distract the conversation by shifting to an unrelated, seemingly authoritative topic (the Dow Jones stock market index). The absurd pairing of the two topics, combined with the character's bizarre expression, highlights the ridiculousness of avoiding accountability by using non-sequitur distractions.

Deflecting Defending a Pedophile by Screaming About the Dow Jones (Dr. Strangelove Meme)

This meme uses a still image …