Paul Ryan's PowerPoint Presentation
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About
Paul Ryan's PowerPoint Presentation is a photoshop meme mocking a PowerPoint presented by Republican House Speaker Paul Ryan to explain the GOP's proposed Obamacare replacement in early March 2017.
Origin
On March 9th, 2017, Ryan delivered a 20-minute presentation containing charts and graphics, which described the Affordable Care Act as a "death spiral" (shown below). Additionally, the presentation contained a single slide about the GOPs plans for reform that said "There will be a stable transition to conservative health care reform."
Shortly after the presentation, Twitter user @Atrios[4] retweeted a photo of Ryan's PowerPoint presentation along with the message "photoshoppers, start your engines" (shown below, left). Minutes later, Twitter user @twolf10[6] posted a photoshopped picture of Ryan presenting #TheDress (shown below, right).
![@Atrios "Photoshoppers start your engines" tweet encouraging people to photoshop a picture of Paul Ryan presenting](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/230/882/b89.jpg)
![#TheDress Paul Ryan powerpoint presentation about the dress](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/230/883/8a9.jpg)
Spread
That day, Twitter user @bakedinapie[2] posted a photoshopped screenshot in which Ryan presents a slide showing various Better Names for Things animal examples (shown below, left).[2] Meanwhile,, Twitter user @byrdinator[1] posted a photoshop in which Ryan presents a portion of the Bee Movie script (shown below, right).
!["Better Names for Things" Animals Paul Ryan powerpoint presentation about better names for things](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/230/900/ceb.jpg)
!["According to all know laws of aviation, there is no way a bee should be able to fly" Paul Ryan powerpoint presentation about the Bee Movie](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/230/875/c38.jpg)
Also on March 9th, other Twitter users posted various photoshopped screenshots from the presentation, including Democratic congressman Keith Ellison from Minnesota (shown below).
![If a dog wore pants would he wear them like this or like this? Paul Ryan powerpoint presentation on how a dog would wear pants](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/230/874/c30.jpg)
![Bernie Would Have Won Paul Ryan powerpoint presentation about Bernie Sanders](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/230/876/e29.jpg)
![Rep. Keith Ellison's Tweet Paul Ryan powerpoint presentation forbidding phones](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/230/877/770.jpg)
That evening, The Late Show with Stephen Colbert aired a segment mocking the PowerPoint presentation (shown below).
Also that evening, Colbert tweeted a photoshopped presentation screenshot in which Ryan demonstrates how to find a woman's clitoris (shown below).[5] Within 24 hours, the tweet gained over 31,000 likes and 9,200 retweets. In the coming days, several news sites published articles about the photoshop memes, including The Daily Dot,[7] Cosmopolitan[8] and Bustle.[9]
!["Speaker Ryan: Where Is the Clitoris?" Paul Ryan powerpoint presentation about finding the clitoris](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/230/880/0f8.jpg)
Various Examples
![Droste Effect Tweet by @TheDailyShow #DAILYSHOW](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/230/890/8a2.jpg)
![Underpants Gnomes SPEAKER.GOV PHASE 1 PHASE 2 PHASE3 Collect underpants](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/230/899/04a.jpg)
![Shirtless Alex Jones Eating Lunch SPEAKER.GOV](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/230/898/3b1.jpg)
!["Just Stop Being Poor" EAKER.GOV JUST STOP BEING POOR](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/230/895/3eb.jpg)
![Don't Get Sick PEAKER.GOV Don't get sick](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/230/892/0fb.jpg)
![Time Magazine Photos SPEAKER.GOV](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/230/889/4c6.jpg)
Search Interest
External References
[1] Twitter – @byrdinator
[2] Twitter – @bakedinapie
[3] Reddit – PsBattle – Paul Ryan Powerpoint Presentation
[5] Twitter – @StephenAtHome
[7] The Daily Dot – Paul Ryans grim PowerPoint presentation on Obamacare becomes a sick meme
[8] Cosmopolitan – Paul Ryans PowerPoint Presentation
[9] Bustle – 16 Paul Ryan PowerPoint Memes
Top Comments
Nedhitis
Mar 10, 2017 at 03:19PM EST
Dralemeres
Mar 10, 2017 at 03:05PM EST