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Memes have come a long way from being simple jokes we shared with friends. Today, they’ve transformed into a powerful cultural and economic force, shaping how we communicate, entertain, and even advocate for change. Beyond humor, memes now serve as tools to highlight serious issues and spark meaningful conversations.

Today, we took a deep dive into the internet’s cleverest corners to gather posts that blend humor with hard-hitting truth. These witty takes on social issues do more than entertain: they shed light on real problems in a way that’s both relatable and thought-provoking. So buckle up, Pandas, and get ready for a scroll filled with laughs, insight, and a few “hmm” moments that might just shift your perspective.

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    We’ve all seen how memes have evolved from simple jokes to a powerful tool for communication. The meme marketing industry is growing rapidly, and it’s clear that memes are no longer just about laughs; they’re about influence. They spread like wildfire, carrying messages that resonate with millions, making them an essential part of modern-day storytelling and cultural commentary.

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    People are now using memes to promote everything from products to movies and TV shows. They’re a clever way to connect with audiences, breaking down complex ideas into bite-sized, relatable jokes.

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    Screenshot of a social media post discussing a med class conversation about LGBT patients and career advice meme.

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    TruthoftheHeart
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    6 days ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yup your religion should stay inside your house and personal life, your religious practices are never allowed to affect your job or how you treat others, if it does then you need to rethink your lifestyle.

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    These days, memes are also educational. Take history memes, for example—they manage to make even the dullest historical facts fun and memorable. Who would have thought you could learn about ancient battles or famous figures while scrolling through social media? Such memes often give insights in a way that’s both fun and easy to digest.

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    #8

    Social media meme text about liberty and justice, shared in a powerful memes collection for hilarious and eye-opening impact.

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    Ray Ceeya (RayCeeYa)
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    6 days ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Date is last weekend. Formatted European style which is kind of weird. It doesn't matter because I agree completely and will be protesting for the next two weekends and I'm thinking of taking a workshop on what to say/do when ICE turns up on Friday.

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    Another interesting way memes are being used is to inject sarcasm and humor into serious issues. From politics to taxes to the frustrating state of public transportation, memes call out societal problems in a way that makes people think. They create a space where humor meets activism, making it easier to discuss topics that might otherwise feel heavy or intimidating.

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    To understand just how impactful political memes can be, we spoke to a party worker from India who preferred to stay anonymous. They shared some fascinating insights into how these memes are changing the game. 

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    “Political memes about serious issues are incredibly impactful,” they explained. “They reach people faster than traditional media and often reflect what people are really thinking about.” These memes act as a mirror, reflecting the collective frustration, hope, or even apathy of the masses, all through humor or sarcasm.

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    “We even have a team dedicated to monitoring such memes, especially the ones that go viral,” they added. “These memes often give us raw, unfiltered feedback about the public mood.” By analyzing trends and viral content, organizations can adapt their strategies, responding more effectively to public concerns.

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    Tweet by Melanie D'Arrigo highlighting irony, shared as a powerful meme revealing wasteful spending, part of powerful memes collection.

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    April Pickett
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    6 days ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Well, now, you have to look at their reasoning. He got a 400 million $ plane for an early birthday present, now we have to have a parade. Remember, the parade is to celebrate the Army's 250th birthday, and NOT his birthday. (He, he, he, they'll believe that, won't they?)

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    Black and white meme showing two boys talking about ICE raids, featured in powerful memes shared by a Facebook group.

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    Ray Ceeya (RayCeeYa)
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    6 days ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    And if they're criminals why are they a arresting and deporting so many who show up to the Court House for the hearing on their immigration status?

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    However, they also mentioned a flip side: “Sometimes, memes can have a negative impact. They can escalate situations or blow issues out of proportion, making it harder to address them constructively.” This shows that while memes are powerful, they’re also unpredictable and can sometimes lead to unintended consequences.

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    #19

    Tweet from Zach W. Lambert sharing a powerful meme with an eye-opening social commentary on American values.

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    H Celldev
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    6 days ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    William Sloane Coffin has a few things to say about what Christianity is, and these “Christians" are exactly the problem.

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    #21

    Man kissing female robot in a meme about competition, part of powerful memes that are both hilarious and eye-opening shared online.

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    Luke Branwen
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    6 days ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    So incels and other garbage men will finally have their perfect, subservient dream waifus and women will no longer be harrassed by them and have some space to date actual decent men who won't settle for a facsimile... I see that as an absolute win?

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    Despite the occasional downside, it’s clear that memes are here to stay as a cultural force. They’re a way for people to share their frustrations, their hopes, and even their solutions, one witty image at a time. They break through language barriers, generational gaps, and even cultural divides with surprising ease. You’ll find teenagers, activists, and comedians embracing memes to say what words often can’t.

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    They allow people to cope with stress, connect over shared struggles, and laugh at everyday absurdities. Even the most complex issues are now being turned into punchy, digestible content. So maybe memes aren’t just for laughs—they're the new-age commentary tool we never saw coming.

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    #25

    Twitter meme discussing rising costs and business responses, featured in powerful memes that are both hilarious and eye-opening.

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    Ray Ceeya (RayCeeYa)
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    6 days ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    General Strike is the only solution. It will happen. The only question now is when. Shawn Fein of the UAW says 2028. I think it's coming sooner.

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    Which of these posts resonate with you the most? Do you think memes are just jokes, or do they carry a deeper message? Let us know your thoughts!

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    #29

    Powerful meme about male loneliness epidemic highlighting personal responsibility in overcoming sadness and unlikability.

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    Beak Hookage
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    6 days ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Fun fact, Elliot Rodger the "supreme gentleman", it later emerged, was NOT heartlessly rejected by a bunch of mean evil girls. Because he never even tried to ask one out in the first place. Girls who knew him were puzzled and shocked when it all came out. One even said "if he'd asked me out I would have said yes but I had no idea". Instead he was a whiny narcissist who assumed girls and s*x should just magically be happening for him without his having to so much as lift a finger.

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    #34

    Couple arguing outdoors in memes discussing The Handmaid's Tale, illustrating powerful and hilarious meme content.

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    Ray Ceeya (RayCeeYa)
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    6 days ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    OUCH! That one hurt. Also how is not supporting mothers with newborns "Pro-Life"? It's like they care more about the born than the unborn.

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    #35

    Social media post sharing a powerful meme about Harry Potter tattoos and regret, highlighting humor and insight.

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    Becky Samuel
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    6 days ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Gender affirming surgeries have one of the lowest regret rates of any elective surgery at well under 1%. Knee replacements are the highest at something like 30% (-ish, from memory).

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    #36

    Social media post with a powerful meme stating poverty is a failure of society, highlighting eye-opening and hilarious memes.

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    kim
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    6 days ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    According to Calvinistic thought, peoople are poor, sick, or disabled because god wants them to be, and it's against his will to help them. According to robber barons, they're rich because they're better people. In fact, to them, the poor aren't really people.

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    #39

    Powerful memes showing the two most stolen items in the world: workers' labor value and indigenous land with pen and lighter.

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    Ray Ceeya (RayCeeYa)
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    6 days ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    "Surplus Value of Worker's Labor" It refers to your commute to work. That sandwich you made at home for lunch at work. That hour of research you did at home clocked off looking for a supplier for that thing that's been the problem for weeks. Yeah I do a lot of Surplus work.

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    #40

    Illustration showing a person calling an ambulance with text highlighting the high cost, a powerful hilarious meme.

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    Multa Nocte
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    6 days ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The fear of bankruptcy from a medical emergency was one of the two reasons that prompted my husband and I to move from the US. The other was the rise of MAGAts.

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    #42

    Alt text: George Orwell quote on staying human, with people relaxing in a park, reflecting powerful memes shared by a Facebook group.

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    H Celldev
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    6 days ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    So sad. So polarized now. There’s nothing left but to find your kind and celebrate the little things.

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    #45

    Woman takes selfie next to an all gender restroom sign, featured in powerful memes shared by a Facebook group.

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    Nicky
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    6 days ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    There are multiple chromosomal genders XX, XY, XO, XXY, XXYY, XXYY, etc. There are also XY individuals who lack a testosterone receptor and look anatomically female. The absence of biological knowledge leads to bigotry.

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    #47

    Meme about middle school struggles and historic levels of unpopularity shared in a powerful memes Facebook group.

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    H Celldev
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    6 days ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Try doing some break dancing to Beat It by MJ with your neighbor in the school talent show. Took one day, not 100, despite an excellent moon walk.

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    #48

    Anime character reacts to US income averages dropping when excluding top earners in a powerful meme about income inequality.

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    kim
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    6 days ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Averages are useless. the Median, which is exactly in the middle, and is $35, 805. Half of USians make less than $35,805. Some are unable to work full time because of disabilities of caregiving responsibilities, some are working 3 jobs to make less than $35,805. I've never made that much.

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    #51

    Darth Vader speaking at a podium with presidential seal, meme about Death Star creating hundreds of thousands of jobs.

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    Ray Ceeya (RayCeeYa)
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    6 days ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yeah but the Population of Coruscant is is about 2 Trillion are they really going to give a d**n about a million jobs? That's like a city of a million opening a Target.

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    #52

    Meme about space billionaires with funny facial expressions and a comment saying Yeet the rich in a Facebook post.

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    john doe
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    6 days ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I love the expanse, if you want the cool parts of that story go socialist, the bad parts are the future Elon musk envisions for us.

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    Screenshot of a Twitter exchange highlighting a humorous and eye-opening meme about FEMA and hurricane awareness.

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    Beak Hookage
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    6 days ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    At least the entire population isn't wearing Crocs? Yet. (If you haven't seen the movie, one of the jokes is that everyone wears crocs. At the time those were pretty new and the filmmakers were like "yeah, only morons would wear those things; let's put them in").

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    #56

    Meme contrasting scalpers selling high-demand items with an investor owning a house, highlighting powerful memes.

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    This_comes_to_mind
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    6 days ago

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    I'm confused. So, if someone offers me more for something than I paid for it, I should just say, "no thanks, just pay me what I paid"?

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    #57

    Social media meme contrasting 80s adult expectations with current financial struggles, shared in a powerful memes group.

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    6 days ago

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    My kids have bigger houses and better paying jobs. College educated and no student loan debt.

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    #60

    Tweet about a shadow police force using violence to remove homeless people, featured in powerful memes shared on Facebook.

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    Teachzebra
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    6 days ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Always a good time to remember that virtually everybody in America is much much closer to being homeless than they are to being a millionaire.

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    #61

    Screenshot of a powerful meme featuring a woman with sticky notes on her mirror, shared in a meme Facebook group.

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    ElfVibratorGlitter
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    6 days ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I'm on some apps for pregnant women and every week there's a at least one woman having a missed miscarriage and she can't do anything because of the state she's living in. 😡

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    #62

    Tattooed man sitting on a swing with text about immigration, featured in powerful memes that are both hilarious and eye-opening.

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    LakotaWolf (she/her)
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    6 days ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I'm white. I was adopted at birth into a Hispanic family. I was raised basically as a Mexican-American. I live in Southern California, and I have family members in LA/South Central. One of my older cousins, Chico, WAS in a gang when he was younger, but got out of the gang life after he did some prison time and he became a pastor. His son later got some tattoos, but was not a gang member. After my cousin Chico died, his son was in the wrong place at the wrong time and the police thought he was involved in the crime. He was shot by the police, and they let him lie there bleeding out in the street and refused to allow medical help for him because he was a "suspected gang member". Luckily he survived. Not every brown person is a criminal or gang member, but so many of them are treated as if they are.

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    #63

    Screenshot of Gucci website showing expensive men's denim jeans with a worn and dirty look, shared as a powerful meme.

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    Phoebe Bean
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    6 days ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I could give jeans to my dog to drag around the yard and then sell them 50% off, 🤣 (edited to add emoji)

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    #68

    Powerful memes featuring animated characters in a humorous and eye-opening scene with playful interaction outdoors.

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    SheamusFanFrom1987
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    6 days ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    More like Your Body decided to say dumb sh*t, My choice to Bone Club It (The Pokemon move, okay, don't get ideas XP)

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    #69

    Meme featuring a woman praising Luigi and a water tower with Save Luigi text, part of powerful hilarious memes.

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    Michael Largey
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    6 days ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    United Heathcare won't change its policies. It will replace the dead executive with another heartless greedy monster without a trace of humanity. And if he's killed, then another, and another and another. Don't believe that a healthcare company would permit death after death after death to preserve its profits? That's their goddamned business model!

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    #72

    Close-up of fingers with tiny plastic particles illustrating credit card plastic ingestion, featured in powerful memes shared online.

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    Ray Ceeya (RayCeeYa)
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    6 days ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The New York Post Used to be slightly better than the National Enquirer. It is quickly approaching the Weekly World News in terms of credibility.

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    #74

    Chart showing career aspirations of children aged 8-12 by country, highlighting powerful memes about youth dreams and trends shared online.

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    6 days ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    And too many will criticise the children for that - not the society which taught them that these are people to look up to by modelling "looking up to influencers, aka Vloggers and Youtubers".

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    #76

    Women in workout clothes humorously marching as nurses preparing for the monkeypox pandemic meme shared in a Facebook group.

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    ElfVibratorGlitter
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    6 days ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I think I'm missing the meme, but I heard "I want to walk like you, talk like you" from jungle book when looking at it.

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