Patrick Bateman Walks Into the Aftermath

Text on the meme

Beretta LIQUOR MOBILE ARREST CENTER POLICE LINE DO NOT CROSS SNEAKERS STORE STAR CAFE

What it means

Patrick Bateman, wearing a black suit and headphones, walks through a dark snowy city street from a first-person video game perspective. The grim narration about everyone being dead, combined with the approaching emergency vehicles and siren, turns his calm walk into an absurdly dramatic aftermath of violence. It works as a reaction to situations where someone causes chaos and then strolls away emotionlessly, with the cinematic monologue making the joke deliberately over-serious.

Speech

They were all dead. The final gunshot was an exclamation mark to everything that had led to this point. I released my finger from the trigger. And then it was over.

Sound

ambulance (siren) / сирена скорой emergency vehicle

Who

Patrick Bateman (Патрик Бэйтман) — American Psycho

Objects

man in black suit / мужчина в чёрном костюме red tie / красный галстук headphones / наушники nighttime city street / ночная городская улица brick buildings / кирпичные здания snow / снег graffiti / граффити bus stop / автобусная остановка advertising poster / рекламный плакат trash can / мусорный бак white sedan / белый седан emergency van / аварийный фургон mobile arrest center vehicle / машина мобильного арест-центра police barricade / полицейское заграждение fire hydrant / пожарный гидрант liquor store / магазин алкоголя cafe / кафе