Colin Kaepernick Nike Ad Parodies

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Colin Kaepernick Nike Ad Parodies, also known as Nikeposting, is a photoshop meme featuring satirical Nike ads mocking the footwear company's "Colin Kaepernick": ad for the 30th anniversary of their "Just Do It" campaign.

Origin

On September 3rd, 2018, Nike unveiled that they had made Kaepernick the face of their "Just Do It" campaign. Kaepernick tweeted^[1] the advertisement that day, gaining over 244,000 retweets and 587,000 likes (shown below, left). That day, Twitter user @ComfortablySmug^[2] tweeted a photograph of former Trump campaign manager Paul Manafort captioned with the Nike ad slogan (shown below, right).

Believe in something Even if it means sacrificing everything Just do it.

Spread

On September 4th, actor Adam Baldwin tweeted a black-and-white photograph of children working in a Nike sweatshop featuring the Kaepernick ad caption (shown below, right). The same day, Redditor ntheg111 submitted a shirtless selfie photograph of "Anthony Weiner": with the Nike ad caption to /r/The_Donald,^[3] where it gathered upwards of 5,000 points (96% upvoted) and 98 comments within 24 hours.

Go for it. en if it means rfficing everything. Just do it.

On September 5th, the @DailyCaller^[4] Twitter feed posted a Nike ad parody featuring a black-and-white photo of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (shown below).

Believe in something. Even if it means not knowing anything. DC Just do it.

Bleedover into Real Life

On September 4th, New-Right commentator WildGoose made a twitter thread^[5] claiming to have discovered Nike ad parody flyers featuring "Unabomber" Ted Kaczynski posted in locations throughout Los Angeles, California.

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Believe in something. Even if it means sacriticing everything. Just do it.

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Believe in something Evenifit means sacriiicing everything JUST DO IT

lieve in something. Even if it means sacrificing half of everything. Just do it

Believe in everything Even if it means the frogs are gay. Just do it.

Search Interest

External References

^[1] Twitter – @Kaepernick7

^[2] Twitter – @ComfortablySmug

^[3] Reddit – /r/The_Donald

^[4] Twitter – @DailyCaller

^[5] archive.is "WildGoose on Twitter: "Parody flyers of Colin Kaepernick's "Just Do It" ad featuring Ted Kaczynski have appeared throughout Los Angeles. (1/3)… https://t.co/c9fNhf78AO"":http://archive.is/eJWOZ

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Hyperion235

Sep 05, 2018 at 03:46PM EDT

In all seriousness, what did Kaepernick really sacrifice? He's got no talent and only got carried to the Super Bowl. In fact, his kneeling was to gain attention, because without it, he has nothing notable outside of being slightly better than all incarnations of the Browns.

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