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Ken was the least fun meme of the year because he was actually just a human person, but I had to include him because I’m just a lowly meme reporter and these are the breaks. I think The Awl’s Alex Balk summed up the Ken Bone news cycle best when he wrote "Nothing means anything and all of it takes forever." Ken Bone says he wore the red sweater as a plan B to the debate because he "split the seat of my pants wide open"
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We'll have plenty of time to further unpack Pepe, as we suspect the hate movement he embodies will, sadly, continue its awful march beyond the election.) A is for "As far as the cyber" (You might notice the absence of a few particular big memes and moments, namely Pepe "the anti-semitic hate symbol." Because this election has been traumatic enough, we've chosen to focus on the fleeting moments of joy. Today we will elect a new president of the United States! In honor of this historic moment, no matter which way it pans out, let’s revisit some of the shared jokes that got us through the last year and a half of mounting dread.Though on a more serious note: please abandon your blanket and smartphone long enough to go out and vote! And where our grandparents couldn't share their goofs without access to a proper printing press, it has never been easier to create memes or to share pithy quips - and so it has also never been easier to throw all of our dumb jokes and flat refusals to grapple with reality out into the communal pool and wallow in them together. The cast of characters gave us night terrors and diverse stress-induced medical issues, but they also fueled spectacular creativity.
APPLAUSE MEME FREE
What a cycle it was! In the 20-month race to determine the new leader of the free world, we spent time with a boastfully racist puddle of orange Jell-O a booger-eater the human version of a long, drawn-out sigh that ends with an accidental fart a hoarder of dank memes and plenty of other variations on Judge Doom. How grateful I am to live in a time in which one can grab a smartphone, hide under the covers, and wait out the electoral storm with missives from internet strangers. (That came after some less than unifying sections of his speech, including talk about "ridiculous, partisan investigations.It's hard to imagine my grandparents endured election cycles with nothing more than drawings of animals accompanied by a couple words explaining the metaphor. During an applause break, Pelosi delivered a very sarcastic clap to the President after he made a remark about the power of cooperation. Only this time it's not because she looks like someone's disappointed parent standing alongside Senator Chuck Schumer. Like when Trump last addressed the nation, Pelosi has become a meme. Eyes were glued to her as she delivered a real-time feel for how the Democrats might respond to Trump's agenda. Trump was undoubtedly the main attraction of the State of the Union, but he was delivering the address in the home of Pelosi, who sat just over the President's left shoulder. Due to the longest government shutdown on record, the original date was bumped back by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.
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President Donald Trump held his second State of the Union address on Tuesday, February 5.