Our memes will tell our stories, whatever they are, whether we want them to or not. Taken together, they form a near-perfect conduit for understanding our life and times, like a weird mosaic reconstructed from pieces of the cultural subconscious. Typically a simple image overlaid with text, a meme is ideally suited for viral spread across social networks. I speak now of the memes.īy now the meme has become the internet’s primary vehicle for discourse. I speak now of what we have entered, wittingly or not, into the historical record for posterity. It’s probably too early to say what historians will make of the Trump era, but they will likely be guided by the same artifacts that we ourselves, the People Who Live Online, have created to shepherd us through this time in our history. And with a vague sense, too, of having been through something together, some ordeal, whatever it was. I recall the distinct feeling of reemerging from some subterranean enclave in which I had spent the past four years of my life, along with many of my fellow Americans, like a nation of mole people coming to the surface to squint up into the sunlight. On the morning of January 20, 2021, I found myself watching Joe Biden’s inauguration on the CNN livestream. Art & Technology: Spring 2020: Editor’s letter.
TWELVE IMAGES OF CENTRAL PARK ON OLD POSTCARDS.Please Confirm You Are Not in Beast Mode|Litro Lab|Podcast.THREE POEMS FROM ONLY YESTERDAY mutsuotakahashi.EDITOR’S LETTER: FRIENDSHIP ISSUE Eric Akoto.EDITOR’S LETTER: NATURE ISSUE Eric Akoto.So don’t be surprised when yet another ridiculous tweet transforms into a whole new flurry of impeachment-inspired internet memes. I JUST GOT IMPEACHED FOR MAKING A PERFECT PHONE CALL! /gePsESUkyU- joe January 16, 2020 I JUST GOT IMPEACHED FOR MAKING A PERFECT PHONE CALL! /0a0jCIL4W3- Great Scott! January 16, 2020 I JUST GOT IMPEACHED FOR MAKING A PERFECT PHONE CALL! /V8qDvoJoH0- Golden Girls Obsession January 16, 2020 And knowing Trump, he’ll probably use Twitter to do so. Trump has until Saturday to respond to the Senate’s formal summons. I JUST GOT IMPEACHED FOR MAKING A PERFECT PHONE CALL /By7OvRc6bh- Queer Curmudgeon January 16, 2020 I JUST GOT IMPEACHED FOR MAKING A PERFECT PHONE CALL! /nDnxiTRyQw- The Reverend Dave January 16, 2020 I JUST GOT IMPEACHED FOR MAKING A PERFECT PHONE CALL! /KkClce2eQ1- Regina diaz January 16, 2020 Of course, no phone reference would be complete without the appearance of Liam Neeson’s character in Taken. “To the window … to the wall,” they wrote, and then Trump’s feature cuts in as a quote tweet: “I JUST GOT IMPEACHED FOR MAKING A PERFECT PHONE CALL!” I JUST GOT IMPEACHED FOR MAKING A PERFECT PHONE CALL! /EDtiF4m9D3- aHumanbyMistake January 16, 2020Īnother Twitter user remixed Lil Jon & The East Side Boyz’s “Get Low.” I JUST GOT IMPEACHED FOR MAKING A PERFECT PHONECALL /GirFa2Tnta- Nicola Ní Mhistéil January 16, 2020 5xQeLfHgkU- snowflakeskillednazis January 16, 2020
I JUST GOT IMPEACHED FOR MAKING A PERFECT PHONE CALL, BUTTHEAD. I just got impeached for making a perfect phone call! /sowFtWJDD2- your local queer physical therapist (they/them) January 16, 2020Įven Back to the Future villain Biff Tannen made an appearance, who, ironically enough, is actually based on Trump. – I JUST GOT IMPEACHED FOR MAKING A PERFECT PHONE CALL! /PBZZDMhN6Z- Thierry Côté January 16, 2020 The meme also utilized arguably one of the most famous telephone references in pop culture: The song “Hello” by Lionel Richie. I JUST GOT IMPEACHED FOR MAKING A PERFECT PHONE CALL /h9Sc8QhXPX- Siân Is Me January 16, 2020 I JUST GOT IMPEACHED FOR MAKING THE PERFECT PHONE CALL /mrH84XYzYx- Roberto January 16, 2020 Trump’s enraged statement spurred widespread ridicule and countless pictures of celebrities and animals on the telephone. Trump’s tweet is in reference to his July 25 phone call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, in which the commander-in-chief asked the foreign leader to investigate presidential candidate Joe Biden. Senate over charges that the president abused his power and obstructed Congress.
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The tweet was made as the impeachment trial officially began in the U.S. I JUST GOT IMPEACHED FOR MAKING A PERFECT PHONE CALL!- Donald J. “I JUST GOT IMPEACHED FOR MAKING A PERFECT PHONE CALL!” Trump tweeted. President Donald Trump inspired a new meme on Thursday after sending out an all-caps tweet denouncing his impeachment.
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