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Total misuse/misunderstanding of the meme, FYI. It's supposed to represent straining/restraining.
Do you have a list of where these meme rules are? I ducked-ducked-went, and gargled, but no dice.
Some sources when I googled "straining vein kid in class"
https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/trying-to-hold-a-fart-next-to-a-cute-girl-in-class
https://www.reddit.com/r/OutOfTheLoop/comments/41y5ug/what_is_the_origin_and_story_of_the_image_of_a/
https://imgflip.com/memetemplate/85497783/Bulging-Forehead-Vein
interview with the actual person https://www.dailydot.com/unclick/kid-blowing-up-meme-interview/
So the kid can only strain if he's only holding farts, and not refraining from screaming?
Is there an appeal process? I'm asking bc you seem well-meme-versed.
That's fine if that's what you were going for, but then it should be written as "Trying not to scream while watching a right-wing man kill another right-wing man at a right-wing event at a right wing college- etc." Then the bottom text could read "While they blame left-wing extremism."
The current formatting makes it look like the kid is somehow the one angry at left wing extremists.
It's not a big deal, but worth pointing out imo.
Cheers!
Lol, I got to know this in a slightly different context. Note the absent hands.
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