As the 2020 Presidential Election Drags On, the Internet Has Filled The Void With Memes
Only 40-ish hours have passed since Election Night 2020, but it feels much closer to 40-ish years. We still don't have a winner as a few battleground states carefully count the last few votes. The "command" and "R" symbols on everyone's keyboards have been rubbed off. In short, 2020 has continued to deliver its same signature cocktail of terror and monotony, just at a higher intensity. Concentrated catastrophe, if you will.
While it may still feel like the world is on fire, a few things have remained steadfast over the past two days: Key battleground states have yet to call an official majority winner. More than a third of Donald Trump's tweets have been flagged as "might be misleading about an election." The internet, devoid of healthy emotional responses, has turned to its standard cynical and flippant meme-making to pass the time.
As of 3:30 p.m. on Thursday, officials in Nevada and Georgia, Arizona, North Carolina, and Pennsylvania carefully counted the remaining votes while the world waited with bated breath to see who would be the next President of the United States. There's very little new news, but that just means the internet is filled with anxious meme-ing.
Though this election may not be decided until the 2024 primaries begin, take your mind off the political purgatory by reading tweets from people making light of this political purgatory. And for the sake of all things holy, will someone wake Nevada's drunk ass up. I don't care how drunk they were at the Bellagio last night. We have shit to do.
https://t.co/uBN5fGYIWl pic.twitter.com/cy9V07Xat6
— Kyle 🌱 (@KylePlantEmoji) November 5, 2020
nevada pic.twitter.com/16X3FrQfq4
— Marc (@MarcSnetiker) November 5, 2020
So you agree, the electoral system is out dated and doesn’t represent the will of the people accurately? https://t.co/slI5xClXmg pic.twitter.com/u2yvs7jYnH
— Cinderblock’s Weightloss Journey (@GayChemist) November 5, 2020
Alaska's 3 electoral votes after everything has been called pic.twitter.com/qWa4zG1ROL
— Brown Anthony™ (@anthelonious) November 5, 2020
I want Faye Dunaway to announce Nevada.
— Randy Rainbow (@RandyRainbow) November 5, 2020
Heroes working around the clock to get votes counted safely and correctly.
Meanwhile, in Nevada: pic.twitter.com/irH2pIxPtH— Grumpy Dan (@GrumpyDanMovies) November 5, 2020
It just occurred to me that this election is following the plot of The Notebook:
- A white house
- Mail that wasn’t received
- A lot of fighting
- It wasn’t over
- It still isn’t over pic.twitter.com/5fXL0Qx2Nb— Toby Herman (@tobyherman27) November 5, 2020
Me today pic.twitter.com/kNE4v8Xx0k
— Brad Sams (@bdsams) November 4, 2020
Part of me doesn’t want Nevada vote counting TikTok to ever end pic.twitter.com/l1lSGhmi6w
— Washington Post TikTok Guy 🦃 (@davejorgenson) November 5, 2020
The human body was not made to expend this much energy thinking about Pennsylvania.
— Stephen Colbert (@StephenAtHome) November 4, 2020
Electoral map if Biden only won states with a Bass Pro Shop inside a pyramid pic.twitter.com/5Q0z315lN2
— Patrick McCann (@patmccannn) November 3, 2020
Nevada after counting 3 votes pic.twitter.com/kjYPVIydlN
— Kelsey (@notorious_KRG) November 5, 2020
me trying to flip georgia: pic.twitter.com/OliuGFXj9L
— adrian (@adr1anroman_) November 5, 2020
Nevada is like "we're just going to wait until everyone is mad at Pennsylvania and then we'll let you know"
— elan gale (@theyearofelan) November 5, 2020
Me typing in Arizona Nevada and Georgia to the twitter search bar for updates every 5 minutes pic.twitter.com/bUl4AftLbV
— Nova 💫☁️ (@novachynastarr) November 5, 2020
What comes to mind when Trump tweets “STOP THE COUNT!” pic.twitter.com/MgTac13g4f
— Icculus The Brave (@FirenzeMike) November 5, 2020
Oh, yeah, we forgot. Alaska is also still pending. Sorry to this Alaska.
Everyone: *waiting for results from Nevada, Arizona, Georgia and Pennsylvania *
Alaska: pic.twitter.com/bYFg1BgL2y— Tabitha Jacobs (@Alt_Tabitha) November 5, 2020
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