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That specific image might not be real, but the attitude it portrays is very real and quite common in the restaurant industry.
Zach Weinersmith, as usual, says it far better than I can:
This is an exhausting sentiment. Yes, there is a culture of tipping that desperately needs to be abolished. No, AI ragebait images are not a productive way to foster that discussion. This image is just an excuse to justify pre-existing biases, based on a completely fabricated example. It's no different from the fake "Bluehair Tumblr SJW Feminist destroyed with facts and logic, melts down!!1!" images/videos conservatives assume accurately represents all leftists. Yes, it's a real topic and real people share some of the sentiments expressed in the image. No, presenting the argument in such an exaggerated way does nothing to actually resolve the issue - it's just circle jerking about "how dumb" the opposition is, and stubborn refusal to accept that they were fooled.
"It's over kid, for I have already drawn you as the Soy Wojack" is not a way to bring about social revolution - it's just a way to let AI slop divide us further by making a ridiculously over the top caricature of our opponents into what we think they're really like.