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When the Imperium Hears “Mass Gathering” and Thinks “Walmart Crusade”

The Great Grocery Crusade Begins

This meme hilariously imagines what happens when the Imperium of Man ignores public health guidelines. The top text warns people to “Please avoid mass gatherings,” a clear nod to real-world pandemic restrictions. But cut to 10 minutes later, and it’s pure grimdark chaos outside a Walmart. A massive horde of Space Marines, bolters ready, are charging into the store like it’s the Siege of Terra and there’s only one pack of toilet paper left. Explosions go off around the parking lot like someone dropped an orbital bombardment for the last rotisserie chicken. It’s the most Warhammer 40K depiction of panic-buying you’ll ever see—faith, fury, and shopping carts ablaze.