When Strange Internet Memes Actually Do Some Good, Bernie Sanders Edition
When memes collide. The longboarding/juice/ Fleetwood Mac guy and Bernie. The Bernie meme is raising LOTS of money for charity. Many of you are probably thoroughly sick of the now super famous Bernie Sanders mitten meme. That's the one based on the photograph of him sitting at the Joe Biden inauguration in those huge mittens. The sale of merchandise based on that meme has so far raised $1.8 million for charities here in Vermont. This is how quickly it went: The famous photo was taken on January 20. According to the Associated Press, On the evening of January 21, the Sanders campaign put t-shirts, sweatshirts and stickers on its we site and they sold out within a half hour. More merch went up over the following weekend, but was sold out by Monday morning. The money raised in the sales went to Meals on Wheels programs throughout Vermont, community action agencies such as food banks, senior citizens and medical services for the poor. Getty Images , w...