Me Voting in 2016 vs. Me Voting in 2018

Me Voting in 2016 vs. Me Voting in 2018

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Updated Nov 06, 2018 at 05:02PM EST by Matt.

Added Nov 05, 2018 at 04:34PM EST by Adam.

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Me Voting in 2016 vs. Me Voting in 2018 refers to a series of tweets which spread prior to the 2018 United States midterm elections in which users post two pictures representing how they felt in the 2016 United States Presidential Election versus how they feel voting in the 2018 United States midterm elections. The pictures were generally two images of the same character with the latter showing a more haggard version.

Origin

The earliest mention of "Me Voting in 2016 vs. Me Voting in 2018" appeared on November 9th, 2017. It was posted by user
@GeoffTebbets in reference to pictures of European Badgers tweeted by @EmmaBowers (shown below).[1]


EmmaBowers @EmmaBowers 9 Nov 2017 l can't ever over how European Badgers look like they're gonna invite you over to their country cottage for tea and biscuits while the North American Badger looks like he's gonna invite you into a back alley for a curb stomping Unbelievable, Geoff! @GeoffTebbetts Follow Replying to @EmmaBowers me voting in 2016 vs. me voting in 2018 5:12 AM-9 Nov 2017

Spread

On November 4th, 2018, Twitter user @brianscully tweeted two pictures of Charlize Theron representing how he felt about each election, gaining over 180 retweets and 840 likes (shown below, left). After that, many more Twitter users began using the format. One of the most popular tweets using the format posted by @JenniferReitman gained over 7,300 retweets and 28,000 likes (shown below, right).


Brian Scully is VOTING ON 11/6 @brianscully Follow me voting in 2016 vs me voting in 2018 8:50 PM-4 Nov 2018 Jennifer Reitman @JenniferReitman Follow Me voting in 2016 vs me voting in 2018 1:28 AM-5 Nov 2018

The spread of the meme was covered by Twitter Moments[2] on November 5th. They compiled several jokes tweeted by user @DaveSchilling who made multiple examples of the meme using Professional Wrestlers (shown below).


Dave Schilling @dave_schilling Following Me voting in 2016 vs Me voting in 2018 3:34 PM - 5 Nov 2018 from Los Angeles, CA Schilling Following @dave_schilling Me voting in 2016 vs Me voting in 2018 4:12 PM - 5 Nov 2018 from Los Angeles, CA

Various Examples


Whitney Friedlander @loislane79 Follow Me voting in 2016 vs. Me if we don't vote in 2018 #VoteTuesday darthTM @darth Following me voting in 2016 vs. me voting in 2018 5:42 PM 5 Nov 2018 Liz Eagle C @peculiarliz Follow ) Me voting in 2016 vs voting in 2018 6:00 PM 5 Nov 2018 Big Supernaturals @UweBollocks Following Me voting in 2016 vs me voting in 2018 BETr uia 5:58 PM 5 Nov 2018 Mel Stone @MelStoneMusic Follow me voting in 2016 vs me voting in 2018 5:47 PM 5 Nov 2018 lili Harlem Flipper Follow @HarlemFlipper Me voting against Republicans in 2016 VS. Me voting, registering voters, calling, knocking doors, donating, and dragging friends to the polls to vote against Republicans in 2018

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