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Endless Thread

WBUR

Reddit, Technology

4.2 • 2.7K Ratings

🗓️ 17 January 2025

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Summary

If you typed “inauguration” into your web browser anytime between 2017 and 2020, you likely saw an image of a person in a neon green jacket, black winter hat and glasses screaming “Nooooooooooo!” That person was Jess, who was in Washington D.C. on January 20, 2017 to protest the inauguration of President Donald Trump.

Jess told their story to Endless Thread in 2021. This week, we're revisiting that episode in advance of Donald Trump's second inauguration, just as the Internet has been resurfacing this poignant — and, for some, highly relatable — meme.

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0:51.7	Ben.
0:55.2	Yes.
0:56.6	Let's travel back in time, shall we?
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1:01.9	I should come to expect.
1:05.6	Yes.
1:15.4	Oh, man, that was gross. Are you okay? You okay?
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