in america we don't starve to death / we eat so much that we explode
A Obese American post.
On holiday he complains loudly that the town is ruined by tourists. He's wearing a souvenir T-shirt from the shop next door and holding the map upside down. "I don't like foreign food," says your uncle, ordering a pizza, a curry and a side of spring rolls. He finishes with a cappuccino and a speech about keeping things traditional. Your colleague says he can't stand people who don't recycle, then puts his coffee cup, lid, sleeve and banana peel into the same bin. He's very passionate about the planet. The bin is less so. The man at the next table is furious about people who look at their phones at dinner. He's explaining this on a video call, at full volume, while his children watch tablets. **Why it caught on:** a photo of a woman in a blue tracksuit eating an ice cream in front of a large American flag became shorthand on early 2010s meme sites for loud, confident hypocrisy. She's a stranger on a day out who never asked to stand in for a country, and the jokes that work are about the hypocrisy, which everyone has at home.