As America Waits Eagerly, Voters Find a Bit of Laughter in Memes | US News

IIt is the third day of the election week and we are no more clear who will be the president than the first day. We’re all on an emotional roller coaster: With Donald Trump and Joe Biden side by side, many of us are waiting, revamping the internet as we wait to get out of our misery.

But amid what feels like hour-by-hour updates of “no news yet,” the internet has turned to what the internet does best: memes, of course. This is what made us laugh.

It’s a rap for Trump’s spiritual advisor

In the long wait for the vote, it appears that the Trump team has been investing in some alternative remedies – not herbal, no, but spiritual. Trump’s spiritual adviser, Paula White, led a passionate prayer service last night, which included speaking in tongues. What she didn’t realize, perhaps, is that a few hours later, the Internet would make her talk in four-by-four times.

Nevada deserves its own section

Nevada has, let’s say, an idiosyncrasy to its vote-counting procedure, which means that it takes the night off between ballot counts. That, plus technical issues and delays, means people are on the edge of their seats as they wait for Nevada’s outcome, and the choice is up for grabs.

Some have turned to memes to voice their suspicions and asked what exactly is taking Nevada so long.

Others simply wonder if Nevada’s vote counting is done using some, ahem, eccentric counting methods.

Whatever the method, with this spread so widely, we are all hoping for a Tyra Banks-style result.

A choice worthy of HBO

How Trump repeatedly tweets STOP THE COUNT (sometimes when stopping the count would make him the loser); and his supporters fight for the vote not to count in the areas where he is winning (and to count in the areas where he is losing) someone recalled a hauntingly evocative episode of Veep. Life, imitation, art and all that.

That it wouldn’t be complete without a conspiracy theorist

The media is covering up, the Biden crime family is stealing this election, and this guy just wants barbecue, beer, and freedom, and screaming about it on the local news. But not without the internet auto-tuning it first.

Do you remember when times were simpler?

This one isn’t funny, but weirdly poignant. With Trump now suing for the vote in various states, it’s hard not to feel nostalgic for simpler times … like when the loser used to lose and just accepted it.

This is the world’s relationship with Twitter right now

Get off Twitter, I mean it!

But the special accessories of the week are for …

Lastly, how could we forget to say hello to our own Guardian US live bloggers, who have managed to remain calm and collected in the face of all of this?