its two memes in one
firstly
and its, less obviously, this
becomes
but its in Ukiyo-e art style, and its a treasure
becomes
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Aha. That’s the half I didn’t get.
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well that’s stuck in my head now, thanks
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Thats it 
! The art is gold, i love it
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I understand the cat one now thanks to Belthazar and you, but I dont get how the sale sale → sasa lele one is funny… Thanks for clearing it up though 
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It’s a misreading of the sale signs.
sa sa
le le
Like
Don’t Dead
Open Inside
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But this one somewhat makes sense. Sasa lele is just random gibberish…
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Yeah, a better image for this meme would probably be the confused little old lady one.
But don’t underestimate the internet’s ability to start crusades over random gibberish.
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Technically, in Japanese, さされれ could be the imperative form of さされる which is the passive form of さす. It’s a bit weird to put an imperative on a passive, but it’s technically possible. 水を差されれ！
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Yeah I know, still feels like a case of spotty translation
診察室 ( しんさつしつ)
Try saying that three times fast.
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Technically that would be さされろ, though.
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You are right, not the imperative, the hypothetical (?) form 仮定形.
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Never heard of that! But I don’t want to derail this thread from memes any further.
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That is possibly my favourite meme of all time
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Thank you!
And yes, it’s supposed to be “reviews”! I didn’t put a ton of thought into a lot of the Japanese on there though and at the point of adding that text I was 2 hours in and just wanted it to be done. I guess that just sounded correct in my head, although I’d still say “リビュー” sounds best to me.
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I would place pitch accent as the bigger giant, though
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