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#LeBroning is a bad meme and we should all feel bad

People who dislike LeBron James are making fun of him, and completely forgetting their own maladies.

LeBron James suffered cramps on Thursday night, which forced him out of Game 1 against the San Antonio Spurs. It was a disappointing end to a fantastic game and naturally people responded to it well -- by making fun of him.

Some people made fun of a perceived weakness, others wanted to compare LeBron to Michael Jordan. A small subset of people decided the appropriate way to handle the news was to mock him, inventing a meme called "LeBroning." There's one problem though: These people had issues in the past too.

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Ugh. Imagine if an athlete complained about being tired.

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Thankfully LeBron didn't need his feet amputated.

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I tried using a Neti Pot once and it felt like my head was on fire. Definitely know this pain.

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I've heard that staying hydrated really helps.

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The moral of this Twitter story: We ALL complain when we're sick or injured, it's a part of life. I've done it, you've done it -- most of us become big babies when our bodies aren't quite right. The only difference is that we don't have people making memes out of us.