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Tallahassee Wiping Tears With Money

Tallahassee Wiping Tears With Money

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Tallahassee Wiping Tears With Money refers to a reaction meme from 2009 film Zombieland. The scene shows the character Tallahassee (portrayed by Woody Harrelson) wiping his tears with money instead of a tissue. The scene came to be used as a reaction meme and GIF to describe people who may project sadness and regret but ultimately face no hardships because of their money.

Origin

On October 2nd, 2009, the action-comedy film Zombieland has been premiered in the US[1]. In the film, there's a scene of character Tallahassee having a flashback of his deceased son and then starting to cry, later he wipe his eyes with money (scene shown below).



On October 18th, 2019, the official Tenor[2] account of Zombieland uploaded the GIF of the scene (shown below).


A GIF of Woody Harrelson as Tallahasse from _Zombieland_ wiping his tears with money. The GIF or "reaction image":https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/reaction-images is used to joke about a rich person or corporation's reaction to pubic backlash.

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In subsequent years, the scene gained traction as a reaction GIF for when a wealthy people or corporation faces criticism, implying that they may show regret and sadness but will ultimately still profit and enjoy their money.

On January 9th, 2020, Reddit[3] user Work_Confusion posted an edit to /r/memes where Tallahasse represents Disney's reaction to people disliking the new Star Wars movies. The post received more than 48,000 upvotes in four years (shown below).


A "reaction image":https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/reaction-images of Woody Harrelson as Tallahasse from _Zombieland_ wiping his tears with money. The GIF or "reaction image":https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/reaction-images is used to joke about a rich person or corporation's reaction to pubic backlash.

On June 22nd, 2022, Reddit[4] user AestheticMirror uploaded an similar edit about the video game Diablo and Blizzard's controversies at the time to the /r/gaming subreddit. The post received more than 15,000 upvotes before it was deleted (shown below).


A "reaction image":https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/reaction-images of Woody Harrelson as Tallahasse from _Zombieland_ wiping his tears with money. The GIF or "reaction image":https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/reaction-images is used to joke about a rich person or corporation's reaction to pubic backlash. 

The deleted image can be accessed via "Internet Archive":https://web.archive.org/web/20220622091118/https://www.reddit.com/r/gaming/comments/vhtyoa/i_guess_giving_them_thousands_of_dollars_is_a

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A "reaction image":https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/reaction-images of Woody Harrelson as Tallahasse from _Zombieland_ wiping his tears with money. The GIF or "reaction image":https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/reaction-images is used to joke about a rich person or corporation's reaction to pubic backlash. A "reaction image":https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/reaction-images of Woody Harrelson as Tallahasse from _Zombieland_ wiping his tears with money. The GIF or "reaction image":https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/reaction-images is used to joke about a rich person or corporation's reaction to pubic backlash, or about a privileged person's reaction to low stakes hardships. A "reaction image":https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/reaction-images of Woody Harrelson as Tallahasse from _Zombieland_ wiping his tears with money. The GIF or "reaction image":https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/reaction-images is used to joke about a rich person or corporation's reaction to pubic backlash, or about a privileged person's reaction to low stakes hardships. A "reaction image":https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/reaction-images of Woody Harrelson as Tallahasse from _Zombieland_ wiping his tears with money. The GIF or "reaction image":https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/reaction-images is used to joke about a rich person or corporation's reaction to pubic backlash, or about a privileged person's reaction to low stakes hardships. A "reaction image":https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/reaction-images of Woody Harrelson as Tallahasse from _Zombieland_ wiping his tears with money. The GIF or "reaction image":https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/reaction-images is used to joke about a rich person or corporation's reaction to pubic backlash, or about a privileged person's reaction to low stakes hardships. A "reaction image":https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/reaction-images of Woody Harrelson as Tallahasse from _Zombieland_ wiping his tears with money. The GIF or "reaction image":https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/reaction-images is used to joke about a rich person or corporation's reaction to pubic backlash, or about a privileged person's reaction to low stakes hardships.

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