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Queen (band)

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This is a two-panel nostalgia meme that humorously subverts 1980s gender and fashion stereotypes. The left panel, labeled *"The Gays Looked Like This:"*, features Freddie Mercury (iconic openly gay lead singer of Queen) in a simple, understated white button-down shirt with his arms crossed, presenting a conventional, plain masculine appearance. The right panel, labeled *"And The Straights Looked Like This:"*, shows Vince Neil (lead singer of the straight hair metal band Mötley Crüe) in an over-the-top, androgynous glam rock outfit: teased blonde hair, heavy makeup, patterned gloves, layered accessories, and a denim jacket. The joke relies on visual irony: it swaps the expected fashion tropes, where the gay public figure looks "straight-passing" while the straight public figure embraces the flamboyant style often linked to 1980s LGBTQ+ culture. It satirizes rigid gendered fashion norms, highlighting how these stereotypes did not align with real-world presentation in the 1980s, when hair metal and glam rock blurred aesthetic lines.

The 80s: When Gays & Straights Swapped Fashion Vibes (Meme)

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The meme features a close-up of Freddie Mercury's face mid-sing, capturing his passionate expression with his mouth open, suggesting he is belting out the word 'Mama' (likely from a Queen song). To the right of his face is a size adjustment dial labeled with 'Small', 'Medium', and 'Large' in ascending order, but the dial's pointer is turned past 'Large' to a humorous, exaggerated 'OO SIZE' (a playful twist on 'XXL' to denote extreme size). The top text reads 'WHEN FREDDIE SAYS MAMA', humorously implying that Freddie's powerful and emotional delivery of the word 'Mama' in his singing is so intense it exceeds the standard size options, resonating with Queen fans who recognize his iconic vocal style.

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The meme features a close-up …