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You Weren't Supposed to Do That is an image macro series featuring a screencap of Donald Trump addressing applauding Democrats in the audience during his 2019 State of the Union Address.

Origin

On February 5th, 2019, President Trump joked "You weren't supposed to do that" after Congresswomen wearing suffragette white outfits clapped and chanted "USA" after a mention of women filling "58% of the newly created jobs" over the last year (shown below).

The following day, Redditor TheEarthIsACylinder uploaded a captioned screencap from the clip, featuring a joke about the YouTube Dislike Button (shown below). Within 24 hours, the post garnered more than 31,700 points (98% upvoted) and 130 comments on /r/dankmemes.^[1]

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On February 7th, 2019, Redditor reggiethelemur submitted a captioned version of the screencap with a joke about anti-vax parents (shown below, left). Within 12 hours, the post gained over 4,900 points on /r/dankmemes.^[2] That day, Redditor ViceroyGunrayTheLad submitted the image captioned with a joke about LEGOs, gathering more than 2,900 points (99% upvoted) on /r/dankmemes^[3] within eight hours (shown below, right).

Meanwhile, Redditor WeeklyPlane6 posted a version about skipping ads on YouTube to /r/dankmemes^[4] (shown below, left). Also on February 7th, Redditor Shivam091 posted a meta-joke about appreciating memes while scrolling through the subreddit to /r/dankmemes^[5] (shown below, right).

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