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[–] andrewrgross@slrpnk.net 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

It's actually a mashup of (at least) two memes. As mentioned, the name "Brandon" comes from a NASCAR event that spawned the phrase "Let's go Brandon" as a euphemism for "Fuck Joe Biden", so critics began calling Biden "Brandon" in reference.

The "Dark" part came from a series of conservative/MAGA memes from last year, where commenters began to propose that Trump and his allies had been holding themselves back rather than acting as aggressively as they should've, and this vision for the future was called "Dark MAGA", and used a lot of overdramatic anime imagery of Trump as a violent despot serving up the justice his enemies deserved.

"Dark Brandon" emerged as a parody of it, because the idea of Biden as a powerful and ruthless mastermind is, admittedly hilariously absurd.

Reference: Know Your Meme

[–] Chetzemoka@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

Oh no, it's way better than that. It started from literal Chinese propaganda art, which was repurposed into the Dark Brandon meme:

https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/dark-brandon

[–] zanyllama52@infosec.pub 1 points 1 year ago

Is this shit for real? I feel like this is from a cartoon or something.