Italians Aren’t Real

Text on the meme

ITALIAN AREN’T REAL. IT'S A FICTIONAL RACE INVENTED BY NINTENDO TO SELL MORE MARIO GAMES. MIMI! YOU CAN’T BREAK THE PASTA, THE ITALIAN WILL GET UPSET!

What it means

A black-and-white manga-style panel shows a mischievous girl breaking a bundle of pasta while another character protests that an Italian will be upset. The joke absurdly claims that Italians are a fictional race invented by Nintendo to sell more Mario games, parodying conspiracy theories and stereotypes about Italian culture. It is used as an absurd reaction to jokes about Italy, pasta, or fictional national stereotypes.

Objects

manga girl / девушка из манги dark-haired character / темноволосый персонаж pasta bundle / связка пасты broken pasta / сломанная паста school uniform / школьная форма collar / воротник manga speech bubbles / манга-пузыри речи black-and-white illustration / чёрно-белая иллюстрация table / стол hands / руки long hair / длинные волосы smiling face / улыбающееся лицо