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This post is especially interesting to me. When you first look at the image, it’s just an empty chair done in the style of the classic “hope” poster President Obama used in his campaign in 2008. It’s referencing Clint Eastwood’s speech at the Republican national convention held recently in which he had a dialogue with an empty chair, pretending to speak with an invisible Obama. The image was created directly after the convention and spread like wild fire. The humor that the viewer takes from the image depends on they’re political views. A democrat will find different humor in the image than a republican would.
The lesson to take from this meme is simplicity works. The image is extremely clever, and it’s power and cleverness derive from it’s simplicity.