Yodab
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About
Yodab refers to a photoshopped image of Star Wars character Yoda performing a dab in the White House while surrounded by applauding politicians and White House staff. Gaining initial spread in January 2018, the photoshop regained popularity as an object labeling meme following the influx of Baby Yoda memes in November 2019.
Origin
On October 12th, 2017, President Donald Trump signed an executive order on health care in the Roosevelt Room of the White House. On the same day, The New York Times used the photograph of Trump holding the signed order in its article (shown below, left).[1] Prior to January 23rd, 2018, Instagram user yusefbro posted an edit of the photograph with Donald Trump replaced with dabbing Star Wars character Yoda (shown below, right; original post no longer available).[2][3]
Spread
On January 23rd, 2017, Redditor cole_miner reposted the image to /r/hmmm subreddit, receiving over 1,200 upvotes in six months.[4] On January 25th, Redditor cole_miner posted the image in /r/fakehistoryporn subreddit, titling the post "Bernie Sanders wins the 2016 presidential election (November 8th, 2016)."[5] The post received over 40,900 upvotes in six months.
On January 26th, 2018, Redditor cr1zby posted the first two memes based on the image in /r/dankmemes subreddit, including a Pee Is Stored in the Balls edit (shown below, left and right).[6][7] On February 1st, 2018, Twitter user @danryanbenson used the latter meme for the comparison of meme metas of 2010 and 2018, with the post receiving over 75,600 retweets and 220,900 likes in two years (shown below).[8]
In the following year, the image was reposted on Reddit and other platforms multiple times. On November 19th, 2019, Redditor Jumgorie posted the image to /r/MemeTemplatesOfficial subreddit, with the post gaining over 6,700 upvotes in two days.[9] On the same day Redditor bobbadbilla posted an object labeling meme based on the image to /r/memes subreddit, where it gained over 24,100 upvotes in the same period (shown below).[10]
In the following days, the image gained spread on Reddit as an object labeling meme.
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External References
[1] The New York Times – Trump to Scrap Critical Health Care Subsidies, Hitting Obamacare Again
[3] Reddit – tusonuppercuts' Comment
[5] Reddit – Bernie Sanders wins the 2016 presidential election
[6] Reddit – Bernie Sanders caught hittin the yEET on surveillance camera
[7] Reddit – The leader we need
[8] Twitter – @danryanbenson's Tweet
[9] Reddit – President Yoda dabbing while being congratulated
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