‘True brain rot’: Skibidi Biden is Stephen Colbert’s worst contribution to society
Skibidi...Biden?
The Late Show has been a source of the public’s mirth and joy for decades. However, sometimes a force of good can be twisted and distorted into something downright sinister, downright destructive. See also: Wasabi Oreos.)
Such has been the case with a visual joke made in a Late Show with Stephen Colbert monologue from May.
Where did Skibidi Biden come from?
Stephen Colbert brought up news of the Biden campaign (remember that?) hiring a “meme manager,” followed by a few examples of what officially sanctioned Biden campaign memes might look like.
We get a couple of very 2009-esque meme jokes—Ermahgerd, I can haz Cheezburger—before leapfrogging a decade-and-a-half to the shining seas of brain rot known as 2024.
I speak, of course, of the final joke in this runner (largest sigh I’ve ever sighed): Skibidi Biden.
The comments on the video say it all. Here's a selection:
“This is the 9/11 of television”
“It's so bad you can't look away, like a car crash”
“This is true brain rot”
“This is the lowest point of my life, and I'm in my 50's.”
“Putting skibidi toilet with 10-year-old meme templates is like mixing ammonia and bleach”
“This is getting an entire chapter in my suicide note”
“Jesus wept”
Hard to argue with any of these takes, really.
Skibidi Biden meme spread
Unfortunately, this can’t-unsee/hear-able play on (future box office dominator) Skibidi Toilet didn’t just sluice through the drain of pop culture, never to be heard from again. No no.
This thing is having a moment as a meme with Gen-Z and Alpha.
Here’s the phrase showing up with MyPillow guy Mike Lindell at last week’s Democratic National Convention.
Here, Skibidi Biden undergoes a remake, Minecraft-style.
Yes, I think it’s safe to say that Skibidi Biden is Stephen Colbert’s worst contribution to society.
Now, let’s have a cleanse with a look at one of his best:
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