{"slug":"there-is-no-war-in-ba-sing-se","name":"There Is No War In Ba Sing Se","url":"/templates/there-is-no-war-in-ba-sing-se.jpg","w":960,"h":720,"top":"THERE IS NO","bottom":"IN BA SING SE","description":"Joo Dee from Avatar: The Last Airbender with her signature unsettling grin, standing on a Ba Sing Se balcony. She delivers propaganda with a smile that says everything is fine when it clearly is not.","keywords":"there is no war in ba sing se meme, joo dee meme, avatar denial meme, ba sing se meme, no war meme, avatar meme","year":2019,"origin":"From Avatar: The Last Airbender. The Earth Kingdom government uses agents like Joo Dee to suppress knowledge of the war with the Fire Nation. Her eerie smile while insisting \"There is no war in Ba Sing Se\" became shorthand for blatant denial of obvious problems. For another denial format, see These Aren't The Droids.","format":"classic","exampleCaptions":["THERE IS NO BUG","IN PRODUCTION"],"exampleAltText":"Joo Dee from Avatar smiling: \"There is no bug / In production\"","exampleRefreshDate":"2026-04-29","alternateFormats":[{"slug":"there-is-no-war-in-ba-sing-se-captioned","label":"Captioned"},{"slug":"there-is-no-war-in-ba-sing-se-gif","label":"Captioned GIF"}],"howToMake":["Open the There Is No War In Ba Sing Se template in the meme generator.","Type \"THERE IS NO [problem]\" in the top text box.","Write \"IN [location]\" at the bottom to complete the denial.","Joo Dee's unsettling grin does the rest of the work for you.","Download and gaslight the internet."],"seo":{"aliases":["Ba Sing Se Meme","Joo Dee Meme","There Is No War","Avatar Denial Meme","No War Meme"],"description":"Joo Dee from Avatar: The Last Airbender with her signature unsettling grin. She stands on a Ba Sing Se balcony overlooking the ocean, wearing a yellow shirt with a green cross-body sash. The creepy smile while denying reality is the entire format.","definition":"A denial format for pretending problems don't exist. Replace \"war\" with whatever is clearly going wrong and \"Ba Sing Se\" with wherever the denial is happening. The creepy smile sells the gaslighting.","useCases":[{"category":"Work Denial","examples":["THERE IS NO BUG / IN PRODUCTION","THERE IS NO CRUNCH / AT THIS COMPANY"]},{"category":"Life Denial","examples":["THERE IS NO MESS / IN MY ROOM","THERE IS NO DRAMA / IN THIS FRIEND GROUP"]}]}}