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Too Damn High
Back in 2010, Jimmy McMillan was one of the candidates for governor of New York. In one of his campaigns, he said, “The rent is too damn high.” And at that moment, a meme was born.
The phrase “too damn high” can be said about everything today, so it’s safe to say that this meme is evergreen. Although McMillan was famous on the internet, he only managed to get 0.88% of New Yorkers’ votes that year. And in 2015, he announced his retirement from politics.
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