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@existennialmemes.bsky.social

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I am Plum you may know me from such social media accounts as Millennial Memes for Existential Extremes on Facebook and Existennialmemes on Tumblr.

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existennialmemes @existennialmemes.bsky.social · Dec 24

Tumblr User existennialmemes: "Nobody wants to work anymore" he scoffs, as he sprints down an alleyway, narrowly avoiding the shambling horde of zombies behind him.

"Nobody wants to work anymore" he repeats, as his feet scrape the pavement through the tattered shoes he can't afford to replace.

"Nobody wants to work anymore" he yells, as another flash blizzard springs up around him.

"Nobody wants to work anymore" he sighs, as his AmazonSmart Oximeter beeps to remind him that he needs 12 more productivity hours this week to earn full oxygen allotment.

"Nobody wants to work anymore" he wails as he rounds the corner, stumbling directly into another horde of zombies.

"Nobody wants to work anymAghhhh" he shrieks as he's eaten by zombies.

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existennialmemes @existennialmemes.bsky.social · Dec 11

Ensure we start the New Year on a great note with this one WEIRD trick: equitably restructuring our entire society right now.

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existennialmemes @existennialmemes.bsky.social · Dec 9

Genuinely frightening 🤷🏻‍♀️

Tumblr User existennialmemes: Jokes aside, I am feeling rather anxious that there are so many CEOs still at large.

Tumblr User existennialmemes replied:

I just think it's frightening that dangerous people like that are allowed to roam freely where at any time, they might walk into a boardroom and kill thousands of people with a stroke of their pen.

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existennialmemes @existennialmemes.bsky.social · Dec 9

Thank you!!

existennialmemes @existennialmemes.bsky.social · Dec 8

Tumblr User existennialmemes:

For those of you outside the US trying to understand our recent current events, here's a fact sheet on US Health Insurance Companies:

They are all run by cartoon villains

The only way they make money is by denying as many people care as possible

They get to decide which medicines and procedures you get to have, not your doctor

They also get to decide how much they pay doctors for covered procedures, regardless of the billed cost for those procedures

You typically have to pay a significant deductible on top of your monthly premiums before they'll even pay out at all

They don't literally consume human souls in a parasitic bid to live forever, but they metaphorically consume human souls in a parasitic bid to live forever.

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existennialmemes @existennialmemes.bsky.social · Dec 8

This is pro capitalist boot licking drivel. You will not convince that insurers putting time caps on surgery could ever be a good thing.

Additionally the idea that anesthesiologists are greedy and overpaid is just outright propaganda.

existennialmemes @existennialmemes.bsky.social · Dec 8

I have a tune in my head but I am not a Music Person so I don't really know how to describe it, and I am not certain it's original or just yanked from something I don't remember the source of, and idk how to figure that out 😅😂

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existennialmemes @existennialmemes.bsky.social · Dec 8

Is it too soon to be writing Folk Songs? Asking for me.

Tumblr User existennialmemes: The Claims Adjuster

There was once a modest man

No one knew his name

He was not seeking riches

He was not seeking fame

He sought only justice

For crimes gone unopposed

He set the tide in motion

Deny, Defend, Depose

For too long we've suffered

He refused to play their game

Now he's changed the rules

May we never learn his name

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existennialmemes @existennialmemes.bsky.social · Dec 7

Just Festive Things 💖

Plum is laying on their side wearing a sparkly silver crop top, a long red and green mesh skirt with a high slit, and though high fishnets. They have a crown of horns and flowers on their head, clawed gloves, and are holding a big stick and smirking at the camera.

text reads: May the Poor be Merry And the Rich be Wary

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existennialmemes @existennialmemes.bsky.social · Dec 7

Also the proles have super powers because of a toxic waste spill or something. For added drama.

Tumblr User existennialmemes: Apocalypse movie where the World Ending Event is just the working class rising up together. And the movie is from the perspective of a rag tag group of NY billionaires trying to get to the coast so they can escape on their yachts.

And it's a classic horror/thriller in that most of them do not make it, but at the end one or two actually get to the coast. And they set sail on their mega yacht. Making plans to just live at sea for a while until they look different enough that they can sneak back into society undetected.

And then you just hear this loud THUD and the whole boat shakes and the camera pans over to reveal like a 100 orcas lining up to ram it.

The boat cracks in half and you hear their screams get swallowed up by the waters and then it just cuts to the end credits.

Thinking about this for absolutely no reason.

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existennialmemes @existennialmemes.bsky.social · Dec 7

Rudolph is an Anti Work Anthem if you read between the lines

Tumblr User existennialmemes:

Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer

Was shunned for natural variations

Although not very common

Used to deal him verbal abuse

His nose was a typical deviation All of the other reindeer They never let poor Rudolph Then one foggy Christmas Eve Corporate came to say

Assimilate to the majority group

"Rudolph your accusations have been rejected outright, but we will exploit your labor tonight!"

And all of the reindeer who harmed him Never saw any penalties Now Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer Is fundraising for therapy

Background image: Rudolph leading Santa's sleigh with a green & red border

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existennialmemes @existennialmemes.bsky.social · Dec 6

Instead of trying to scrub your executives' names from the Internet, might I suggest: Being a Better Person

Tumblr User existennialmemes: Safety Tips for Anxious Health Insurance CEOs:

Don't make your fortune by standing between sick people and their medicine

Oops, too late, just quit your job

Distribute your ill gotten wealth to the impoverished masses

Rally against for-profit healthcare systems

Help build an equitable society so there are no more desperate people resorting to such desperate measures.

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existennialmemes @existennialmemes.bsky.social · Dec 6

Due to recent events I'm meticulously scrolling through my new drafts folder like "ok which of these are going to put me on a watch list, and which ones legally count as incitement?"

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existennialmemes @existennialmemes.bsky.social · Dec 6

If you need a pick me up, just think about all these executives sitting in their boardrooms, now choking on the taste of their own oft forgotten mortality, wondering if they'll be next.

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existennialmemes @existennialmemes.bsky.social · Dec 6

Ohhh gotcha, yes, thank you for clarifying!

existennialmemes @existennialmemes.bsky.social · Dec 6

I sincerely don't know how you got that from this post. I am also celebrating this lol

existennialmemes @existennialmemes.bsky.social · Dec 5

I hope this event will instigate change, but it doesn't automatically change anything, and that part is a serious bummer.

Tumblr User existennialmemes: The only tragic thing about the United Healthcare CEO is that it functionally changes nothing. A new CEO will just replace him.

I wish fantasy realm rules applied and once you've defeated the Evil Overlord all of their wicked misdeeds were automatically undone.

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existennialmemes @existennialmemes.bsky.social · Dec 5

I am a Benevolent God 🤷🏻‍♀️😂

Tumblr User existennialmemes:

The only Holy Trinity I believe in is:

Me (the Father)

My Body (the Son)

My Brain (the Holy Ghost)

Except it's usually My Body & Brain who are sacrificing me. And yet I bestow my blessings on them anyway. Because of Grace or whatever.

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existennialmemes @existennialmemes.bsky.social · Dec 5

Healthcare is a human right

Tumblr User existennialmemes: My heart goes out to everyone affected by the tragedy of having a health insurance company compromise your life by rejecting your claims.

I am devastated for everyone denied the healthcare they need and deserve because an avaricious middleman industry inserted itself between you and your medical team.

I am significantly less moved by someone experiencing a predictable consequence to leading a life of cruelty and greed.

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existennialmemes @existennialmemes.bsky.social · Dec 4

Impress your loved ones this Holiday Season, by fighting God™ in a Waffle House parking lot

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existennialmemes @existennialmemes.bsky.social · Dec 4

May your Little Treats be Sweeter than The Horrors are Incomprehensible

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existennialmemes @existennialmemes.bsky.social · Dec 4

Season's Shriekings Tis the season to start screaming and refuse to stop (image: Plum is dressed in a silver top and red mesh skirt. they have horns and roses in their gate and point one clawed finger towards the camera. the background is green and snowy)

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existennialmemes @existennialmemes.bsky.social · Dec 4

It is moderated entirely by bots at this point. I didn't even get the option to request a review. Just "we think this is bad probably, not exactly sure how, but that isn't our problem. Comply or perish"

existennialmemes @existennialmemes.bsky.social · Dec 4

Don't want see a lady's bulge? Then stop staring at women's crotches!

Tumblr User existennialmemes: You're worried about seeing a penis in the women's bathroom. I'm worried about why you're looking at strangers' genitals in the women's bathroom. We are not the same.

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existennialmemes @existennialmemes.bsky.social · Dec 4

Facebook just made me delete this post because they flagged it for everything from self harm to solicitation and drugs and would not let me dispute it or request a review.

My only choice was to delete it, and I am so sick of that fucking platform. So anyway, here's my cute Cheshire cosplay 💖

POV: you just got isekai'd into a miraculous nightmare world and now this thing won't stop trolling you

(a collage of three pictures of Plum dressed as a purple and pink cat)

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