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Ruth Bader Ginsburg Chair or RBG On Wheels refers to a photoshopped image of former Supreme Court Justice of the United States Ruth Bader Ginsburg (RBG) in which an office chair is edited into the photo to replace her legs. The image went viral in early 2019 as part of a cursed image meme, resurfacing as a viral Halloween costume joke in October 2024.

Origin

On February 18th, 2019, TMZ^[1] shared a photo of former Supreme Court Justice of the U.S. Ruth Bader Ginsburg in D.C. at Reagan National Airport wearing a big grey coat while being accompanied by security officers (seen below).

The earliest known photoshopped version of Bader's photo was posted on Facebook on March 21st, 2019, by the Cursed Images^[2] page, which edited Ginsburg's legs and replaced them with an office chair's wheels (seen below). The image amassed over 2,800 likes and 2,400 reposts in five years.

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On April 3rd, 2019, Redditor thomasmagnun^[4] posted a version of Ruth Bader Ginsburg's chair meme with the Cyberpunk 2077 game logo below, which received roughly 3,500 upvotes and 120 comments in five years.

Ruth Bader Ginsburg's photoshopped image was widely shared as a cursed meme on the internet over the years, resurfacing in mid-October 2024 after TikTok^[3] influencer and podcaster Enya Umanzor shared a video on October 25th, 2024, of her Halloween costume alongside Drew Phillips, who's dressed as the RBG chair meme. The video (seen below) amassed more than 3.8 million plays and 818,000 likes in a day.

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