Man flipping 2020 calendar page to reveal the year is 1984 and woman saying "Twitter banned Trump's account and Google suspended Parler... What's going on?"

Living in 1984

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About

Living in 1984 refers to a comic by political cartoonist Gary Varvel depicting a man hearing about Donald Trump's Twitter account getting suspended and Parler being removed from app stores while turning his calendar and discovering the year is 1984. This is a reference to George Orwell's 1984, which has become a common reference among conservatives while discussing what they believe is censorship. However, the reference has been mocked as ill-fitting by observers, resulting in the Wow, This Is Just Like 1984 meme. Varvel's comic has been used as an exploitable online with users replacing the wife's text.

Origin

On January 9th, 2021, conservative political cartoonist Gary Varvel posted a political comic[1] in response to US President Donald Trump's suspension from Twitter, following the breach of the US Capitol (shown below).


TWITTER BANNED TRUMP'S ACCOUNT AND GOOGLE SUSPENDED PARLER. WHATS GOING ON? JANUARY 1984 NO BER 2020 16 19 @varvel garyvarvel.com

Spread

The comic became subject to exploitable parodies over the following two weeks roughly ten days after it was posted. For example, on January 19th, 2021, Redditor ItalianBall posted a Cyberpunk 2077 edit of the comic to /r/GamingCircleJerk,[2] gaining over 4,400 points (shown below, left). The same day, Twitter user @MRPolands[3] made an edit using a Facebook post telling truckers they couldn't masturbate (shown below, right).


Wake the f--- up Samurai, we have a city to burn Celina 52 Truck Stop O Like Page 1d 0 TRUCKERS: There is a NO m----------- policy in our showers. We have logs of every driver that enters and clean them after each use. If we determine you have masturbated you will not get a free coffee with your shower. JANUARY 1984 14 10 BER 2020 @varvel garyvarvel.com

Upon learning that his comic was being used for memes, Varvel told a YouTube commenter he would report the edits of his comic to "his syndicate."


1 Chrome 12:49 PM Wed Jan 20 令@969% Replies TWITTER BANNED TRUMP'S UMP's ND GOLE SISPENLED PARLER, WHATS 6OING ON? Awesome A Raboot · 55 minutes ago What are your thoughts on people using this comic to make funny memes? JANUARY 1984 回2 Add a public reply... RBER 2020 Awesome A Raboot · 55 minutes ago sauce: https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/ living-in-1984 Gary Varvel @Awesome A Raboot I wasn't aware of this. Thanks for letting me know. I've reported it to my syndicate. 43 minutes ago Living in 1984 DogsRNice · 1 second ago @Gary Varvel wow we really are living in 1984 342 views 12 10 Share Download Save Can't even have memes any more Gary Varvel 206 subscribers SUBSCRIBE Comments 7 Add a public comment.. Kenshirome 83· 21 hours ago They signed an agreement and violated it. That's what happens.

Various Examples


Big Chungus memes are banned JANUARY 1984 2 13 nBER 2020 @varvel garyvarvel.com COVERING YOURSELF IN OIL DOESN'T MAKE YOU FLY? WHAT'S GOING ON? JANUARY 1984 10 DER 2020 Twitch removed the PogChamp emote u/mrmaurer Ayo bruh they're selling broken calendars JANUARY 1984 13 14 10 PSER 2020 $3 31 u/mrmaurer got banned from PSN for screaming racial slurs?! What is going on? JANUARY 1984 SER 2020 They're making me dress up as a catboy. JANUARY 1984 10 PBER 2020 15 16 @varvel garyvarvel.com

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External References

[1] Townhall – Living In 1984

[2] Reddit – This Is 2077

[3] Twitter – MRpolands

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Alex Reynard
Alex Reynard

"implying that these actions have caused the totalitarian government to become a reality in our own world."

No, it's implying that corporations now think they have authority over elected government officials to decide what truth is and what information is acceptable for you to hear. Which is even worse, because they are unelected and unaccountable.

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