The Cyberpunk Future We Got

Text on the meme

The cyberpunk future we promised: The cyberpunk future we got: GUYS IM STUCK IN THE WEWORK LIFT Hi! ‘Guys’ is a gendered pronoun. We recommend alternatives like ‘folks’, ‘all’, ‘everyone’, ‘y’all’, ‘team’, ‘crew’ etc. We appreciate your help in building an inclusive workplace at Headout. FOLKS IM STUCK IN THE WEWORK LIFT

What it means

A split image contrasts a neon, flying-car cyberpunk city with a Slack conversation about being stuck in a WeWork elevator. The joke is that the promised futuristic dystopia became a bland corporate workplace where even an emergency message is corrected for inclusive language. It is used as a reaction to disappointing, overbureaucratic modern technology and workplaces.

Objects

cyberpunk city / киберпанк-город neon skyscrapers / неоновые небоскрёбы flying cars / летающие машины elevated roadway / эстакада construction cranes / строительные краны billboards / рекламные щиты industrial barriers / промышленные ограждения Slack chat screenshot / скриншот чата Slack WeWork elevator / лифт WeWork message window / окно сообщения user avatars / аватары пользователей dark interface / тёмный интерфейс