‘Shakira Law’ & ‘Woke 2’: The internet loses its mind after the blue tsunami

So how did the internet react to the blue tsunami caused by the Democratic Party on Tuesday after the political landscape was dramatically changed?

Well, while Republicans posted long tirades and excuses, celebratory jokes poured across social media from all over and quickly began to trend.

And the jokes were at the expense of the MAGA movement. For years, Donald Trump and his MAGA allies rallied against progressive politics branded as “woke.” Now, people on the internet proudly announced, “Woke 2.0 has arrived.”

The sequel arrives on the internet

Funny, ridiculous, and creative jokes and memes quickly racked up thousands of likes.

One popular post proposed a new LGBTQ+ reckoning, swapping the “Ten Commandments in Texas classrooms with the terms and conditions of Grindr.”

Another joked that “CNN is now saying the national anthem has been changed to a reggaeton cover of Pink Pony Club.”

Conservative commentators took a darker view. Far-right activist Laura Loomer declared on social media that “America is over.” In a viral Tuesday evening post, Loomer wrote, “We now have reps who openly speak about their hatred of America, their love of communism and their support for sharia law.”

The internet did not hold back on Loomer’s unhinged post. Tweets referencing Senator-elect Abdul El-Sayed from Michigan quickly went viral after he declared that he is not interested in pushing Sharia Law — only the Shakira Law because it only has one commandment: “hips don’t lie.”

Pronouns, Elon Musk, and ‘the best day on the internet’

It seemed that many people on the internet were excited that the American people had chosen to get progressivism back into politics and that “woke” was a word you could now use again. And it was fully used in a joking manner all night long.

Those jokes came at the expense of Elon Musk. One post simply read: “it’s elon mosque now.”

Another made a much darker, but equally funny joke a Musk’s expense. “Elon Musk sitting in the garage with the Tesla on for hours wondering why nothing’s happening.”

Pronouns also seemed to be making a comeback. One post read, “we are going to have pronouns you xeople won’t believe,” while another posted a meme saying that pronouns are coming back into people’s email signatures.

How will ‘Woke 2’ be different from ‘Woke 1’?

The jokes behind “Woke 2” come after progressive Democrats pondered over their actions during “Woke 1” and perhaps seemed to regret them a bit.

Over the summer, Democratic Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez acknowledged in an interview that “Woke 1 was crazy.” Reflecting on earlier rhetoric, she noted that provocative pandemic slogans like wanting to “cancel Thanksgiving” were “not rhetoric that we would use today.”

And not all Democrats are created equally progressive. In Kansas, megachurch pastor Adam Hamilton became the state’s first Democratic senator since 1932, describing himself as an “independent-minded Democrat, dedicated to leading from the center.”

However, in the end, a user summed up how the vibe had been on the internet after Tuesday night by posting, “best day on the internet in over a decade.”

This article is made and published by Daniel Wolfram, who may have used AI in the preparation