Journalists After Exposing the CIA

Text on the meme

Stable, happy journalists after publishing evidence that the CIA did something bad I have to kill myself

What it means

A distressed man in a suit stands indoors beneath the caption “Stable, happy journalists after publishing evidence that the CIA did something bad,” while saying, “I have to kill myself.” The joke is darkly sarcastic: journalists who expose wrongdoing are portrayed as immediately becoming unstable and suicidal, mocking the dangers and bleak consequences of investigative journalism. The image is used as a reaction to situations where revealing the truth seems certain to bring severe personal or professional consequences.

Who

Patrick Bateman (American Psycho)

Objects

man in a suit / мужчина в костюме white shirt / белая рубашка dark jacket / тёмный пиджак indoor room / помещение ceiling lights / потолочные светильники window / окно red ceiling ornament / красное украшение на потолке serious expression / серьёзное выражение лица distressed expression / подавленное выражение лица subtitle text / текст субтитров black background / чёрный фон