![]() The software engineer ended up having to close the website due to a lack of funds, but he has announced that he is working on another idea to relaunch the platform thanks to crowdfunding. Almost 10 million memes were generated on the site, its creator reveals. The craze also proved a huge success for the website, created by Nick Sawhney, which lets people place Bernie Sanders on his folding chair anywhere they liked. Stephen King JanuSocial media and beyond Meanwhile, the famous author Stephen King served up a “Top Chef”-style take on the Bernie Sanders meme, with a culinary creation that scored over 20,000 “Likes” on Twitter.Įdible Bernie. Stay home – and by that, I mean your own home. It was one thing when my son crashed my press conference a month or so ago, but this… Now is not the time to travel. Canada’s Prime Minister, who counts some 5.4 million followers, joined in the fun by using a Bernie meme to remind people to stay home during the pandemic. ![]() ![]() The photomontages show no sign of slowing, and are even reaching the highest political spheres as the likes of Justin Trudeau jump onboard the craze. Five days after Joe Biden’s inauguration, where the photo was taken, Bernie Sanders meme mania is still going strong, and has even grown. ![]() The success above all unfolded on Twitter and Instagram, fueled by anonymous internet users and celebrities with millions of followers. Thanks to AFP photographer Brendan Smialowski, Bernie Sanders became the buzziest politician on social media in the space of a few hours. His knitted mittens and grumpy look are now cult internet gold. The buzz shows no sign of waning, and that’s maybe no bad thing, since the former US presidential candidate counts on cashing in on the hype… for the benefit of nonprofit feeding seniors in Vermont. But after having his link featured in a New York Times article, Sawhney said he awoke to donations of around $2,600.Since Joe Biden’s inauguration, Bernie Sanders has been taking social media by storm after a photo of the Democrat Senator attending the event went viral. As of Thursday morning, he'd amassed a bill just short of $1,400. Anytime someone enters a location into the search bar, Sawhney is charged for the resulting image. ![]() Sawhney told Insider he's "overwhelmed" with the response to his site but pleased that so many people are finding enjoyment from it. Because of the increased volume in traffic, Sawhney said he stayed up all night improving the site's server and troubleshooting bugs to make sure it ran smoothly. "I asked my friend for one of the little cutouts he was making of Bernie on his phone and I was just like, 'Yeah, this probably could be a website pretty easily.'" "My friends and I were just sending silly memes to each other that we were making and sending to our group chat of like, 'Oh, look ay Bernie Sanders on the F train, Bernie Sanders in front of the library, our old school,' that kind of stuff," Sawhney said. Sawhney, 22, told Insider he came up with the idea for the site after exchanging Sanders memes with his friends in a group chat after President Joe Biden's inauguration. ![]()
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