When You Tell a Slightly Offensive Joke at the Dinner Table

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When You Tell a Slightly Offensive Joke at the Dinner Table refers to a four-panel exploitable with the phrase as the caption. Each quadrant features a different reaction from "you," "your brother," "the guest" and a final reaction. The final quadrant is typically edited for humorous or absurd effect.

Origin

The earliest available version of the meme was posted on April 1st, 2018 by Memedroid^[1] user getz_rebootx. The post features two images of the Risitas laughing reaction and an image of a man in the fourth quadrant with the heading "your mom." The post received more than 1,300 votes (79% upvoted) in six months (shown below).

Spread

The following day, FunnyJunk ^[2] user ipwnallnubz posted a photoshopped version of the meme titled "When you tell a slightly offensive joke on Youtube." The post revived more than 220 upvotes in six months.

On April 11th, Facebook ^[3] account cripplingthings shared a repost of the original image, removing the impact font which received more than 19,000 reactions, 14,000 comments and 44,000 shares in six months (shown below, center).

On October 23rd, Redditor ^[4] dankbob_memepants_ shared a version of the meme that replaced the final quadrant with an image of a Vietcong soldier. The post received more than 12,000 points (81% upvoted) and 700 comments in 24 hours.

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