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Prankster Joe Biden
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About
Prankster Joe Biden, also known as Biden Bro, is a series of captioned photographs in which United States Vice President Joe Biden discusses ways to prank president-elect Donald Trump at the White House.
Origin
On November 9th, 2016, Republican candidate Donald Trump was projected to receive over the 270 electoral votes needed to become president-elect of the United States. The following day, Twitter user Mollie Goodfellow posted a photograph of Joe Biden peering out the window captioned with a mock dialogue in which the vice president threatens to assault Donald Trump (shown below, left).[1] Two hours later, Goodfellow tweeted a picture of Biden holding captioned with a scheme to throw the ball at Trump (shown below, right).[2] Over the next four days, the tweets gained over 93,000 and 100,000 likes respectively.
Precursor
On January 20th, 2015, Twitter user Jamie Woodham posted a photograph of Biden seated with Obama, in which the vice president jokes that the state of the union is "on fleek" (shown below, left).[9] On February 6th, Twitter user Reverend Scott posted a similar captioned photograph of Biden and Obama laughing together while seated on a lawn (shown below, right).[10]
![Jamie Woodham @jwoodham FolloW [Writing the State Of The Union] OBAMA: So I'll say the state of the union is.. BIDEN: On fleek. Say it's on fleek. 9:12 PM 20 Jan 2015 わロ17,673 23,616](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/190/792/06f.jpg "The State of the Union is \"On Fleek\"")
Spread
On November 10th, 2016, Twitter user @jbillinson[7] tweeted a photograph of Biden walking with Barack Obama in which the vice president reveals that he "left a Kenyan passport" on the president's desk (shown below). Within four days, the tweet gathered upwards of 14,900 likes and 10,300 retweets.
On November 11th, the /r/BidenBro[8] subreddit was launched for captioned photos of Joe Biden. Within 72 hours, the subreddit gained over 34,000 subscribers. On November 12th, Redditor BigLeagueMAGA posted a photograph of Biden standing with vice president-elect Mike Pence captioned with a mock conversation between the two men to /r/The_Donald,[11] where it gathered upwards of 8,400 votes (81% upvoted) and 340 comments in 48 hours (shown below).
That day, Redditor EpicForever submitted a post titled "Joe Biden and Mike Pence Memes on the Rise Now!" to /r/MemeEconomy,[3] where it received upwards of 10,200 posts and 190 comments in two days. In the coming days, other posts about the Biden meme reached the front page of the subreddit.[4][5][6] Meanwhile, several news sites published articles about the captioned image series, including The Washington Post,[12] The Huffington Post[13] and BBC.[14]
Various Examples
Search Interest
External References
[1] Twitter – @hansmollman
[2] Twitter – @hansmollman
[3] Reddit – Joe Biden and Mike Pence Memes on the Rise Now
[4] Reddit – /r/MemeEconomy
[5] Reddit – /r/MemeEconomy
[6] Reddit – /r/MemeEconomy
[7] Twitter – @jbillinson
[8] Reddit – /r/BidenBro (private community)
[10] Twitter – @Reverend_Scott
[11] Reddit (via Wayback Machine) – Joe Biden just wants to help
[12] The Washington Post – These memes show Joe Bidens imagined last laugh
[13] The Huffington Post – Joe Biden Trolls Donald Trump
[14] BBC – Biden and Obama memes
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