North West's Friesian Horse

About

North West's Friesian Horse refers to pictures of a horse owned by Kim Kardashian West that she gave to her daughter, North West. The horse, a Friesan breed, drew jokes and criticism online, as users noticed that it was the West family's 14th horse and had a luxurious mane.

Origin

On June 29th, 2020, Kim Kardashian^[1] posted pictures of a Friesian horse she gave to her daughter, North. She noted in her tweet that it was her family's 14th horse (shown below).

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After Kim's tweet, Twitter users mocked the tweet by posting jokes about the family's exorbitant wealth while much of the world is in poverty. User @RoyWoodJr^[2] responded with, "One time as a child I went door to door offering to rake leaves to afford 'Super Mario Bros 2'," gaining over 400 retweets and 6,000 likes (shown below, left). User @DanRiffle^[3] wrote, "This is the kind of innovation a wealth tax would destroy," gaining over 140 retweets and 1,500 likes (shown below, right).

Others joked about the tweet by turning it into a copypasta with which they added humorous pictures. For example, user @AuntAnxiety^[4] posted a picture of a dog dressed up, gaining over 26,000 retweets and 224,000 likes (shown below, left). User @MandaLovesCats^[5] posted the joke with a picture of a bizarre Mario, gaining over 170 retweets and 1,000 likes (shown below, right).

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