About

Wow, I Can't Find a Flaw in His Logic is an exploitable image macro from the 2000 television series Malcolm in the Middle. Often used as a single reaction image or as a two-panel format, it depicts Malcolm talking to his brother Reese and eventually reacting with the quote to an above hot take. It is most prevalent on Reddit, trending in late July and early August 2021.

Origin

On April 2nd, 2000, the 10th episode of Malcolm in the Middle aired.^[1] In it, Malcolm and his brother Reese spot the door of a room that is labeled as "forbidden" (seen below).

Reese: Hey. Look at that. Let's check it out.
Malcolm: I don't know. It doesn't just say "keep out," it says "forbidden."
Reese: And they wouldn't bother making it "forbidden" if it wasn't something totally bitching on the other side.
Malcolm (to the camera): Wow. I can't find a flaw in his logic.

In 2013, the image (seen below, click to expand) was uploaded to Memecenter^[2] by user ZeldaTwilight showing the exchange between the two characters and is the earliest known example of the scene being used in meme format.

Spread

On July 17th, 2021, Facebook user Davis Hagedorn uploaded this meme (seen below) to the Facebook group "Malcolm in the Middle Shitposting," where it received over 3,000 likes, 2,100 shares, and 93 comments. On July 24th, the meme was uploaded to Reddit's /r/technicallythetruth^[3] by Redditor u/Manavklapz, where it received 2,700 upvotes and 47 comments in 13 days. It later made a reappearance on Reddit under the subreddit /r/memetemplatesofficial.^[4] Uploaded by u/Mikilixxx_, it received over 5,500 upvotes and 68 comments. It then began to appear as a format on other subreddits.

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