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Why Did the Prisoner Choose the Bread Instead Of the Key?

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Why Did the Prisoner Choose the Bread Instead Of the Key?
Why Did the Prisoner Choose the Bread Instead Of the Key?

Why Did the Prisoner Choose the Bread Instead Of the Key?

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Memecoin

Name
Why Did the Prisoner Choose the
Image
the meme's own image, fixed
Pair
$MEME, the mother coin. This coin becomes a child of $MEME.
Rewards
1% of every trade of this child coin, paid to its holders in $MEME
Website
kym.fun/memes/why-did-the-prisoner-choose-the-bread-instead-of-the-key

One signature creates the coin on pump.fun (you pay only pump.fun's creation cost, about 0.02 SOL). With a first buy, a second signature buys it right after. The first launch claims this meme for good.

About

Why Did the Prisoner Choose the Bread Instead Of the Key? or Bread Tastes Better Than Key is a series of memes based on a comic showing a prisoner reaching for a loaf of bread just outside his cell with a stick instead of a key, which is lying next to the loaf of bread. The image has been shared on social media, often as an image macro, encouraging people to share their theories to prove that they're "philosophers," since as early as 2020, typically as a form of engagement bait. As the image continued to appear online, it became the subject of memes, including edits in which two characters giv

Why Did the Prisoner Choose the Bread Instead Of the Key?

Origin

The full history, spread and examples live on the source entry: Why Did the Prisoner Choose the Bread Instead Of the Key? on Know Your Meme.

The Child Coin

Whoever launches this meme first creates its one official child coin of $MEME. The child coin takes this exact image, is priced in $MEME, and pays 1% of its every trade to its holders, in $MEME. After that, the meme is closed here forever.