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Ariana Grande Vs. Pete Davidson Post Breakup refers to a series image macros using two respective photographs of recording artist Ariana Grande and comedian Pete Davidson after their much-publicized breakup.

Origin

On October 21st, 2018, Twitter ^[1] user @touchnick tweeted a photograph by Instagram ^[2] user @elderordonez of Ariana Grande appearing empowered and holding a Chanel shopping bag and a photograph of Pete Davidson wearing a hoodie and looking down, as if distraught. They captioned the tweeted, "ariana vs pete post breakup." The post received more than 8,800 retweets and 51,000 likes in three days.

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That day, people began retweeting the post, adding comments and jokes with some reacting positively to Grande's demeanor. Twitter^[3] user @Luissslasker tweeted, "she said NO TEARS LEFT TO CRY BITCH !" The tweet received more than 113,000 retweets and 456,000 likes in three days (shown below, left). Twitter^[4] user @fillegrossiere tweeted, "inspirational." The tweet received more than 160 retweets and 1,400 likes in two days (shown below, center).

Others found the jokes hypocritical, considering how people reacted to the death of rapper Mac Miller earlier in the year. Twitter^[5] user @ehrym tweeted, "Twitter: In light of Mac Miller’s death we need to encourage men to talk about their experiences with mental health and offer support systems to control the rising rate of male suicide Also Twitter." Within two days, the tweet received more than 43,000 retweets and 191,000 likes (shown below, right).

On October 23rd, The Daily Dot ^[6] published an article on the memes.

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