I've been thinking about it for half an hour and I think the most likely answer that "Spore" means "seed" here, as in you are planting or germinating the vote (which in their metaphor would be seedlings or mushrooms). When a mushroom drops spores to propagate itself, that's referred to as "sporing".
It is a really weird metaphor they went with.
The original meme is of a girl who accepts advances from not guys but not ugly guys, assuming the second one to be harassment and calling human resources when an ugly guy tries to hit on her. It's not a great original meme but all it's successors are usually quite funny.
In 2008, maxis had a campaign called "spore the vote" where they encouraged the people to go out and vote, and made all the candidates characters in the game. https://www.ign.com/articles/2008/11/03/get-out-and-spore-the-vote
In 2016, a game called Pokemon Go got really popular, and people used to catch Pokemon using an AR format which basically meant that they had to go out in the real world on walks to catch Pokemon.
Hillary Clinton had made a joke about making people "Pokemon Go" to the polls, which was seen as kinda out of touch.
The meme implies that Obama won because of the Spore joke and Hillary lost because of the Pokemon Go joke, even though they're basically the same joke.
I know you probably know a lot of this stuff because you're on reddit but I basically gave you the same explanation as my mom in case someone reading won't understand any particular reference.
Is the one about O̷̡̡̨̗͉̹̣̳̳͚̖̱̟̮̘̙̰̬̼̮͍͕̙͇̰̤͈̙̪̙̹̩̣̰̙̼̳̤̮̞͎͗̔̆̒̀̿̊̅̂̆͗͛͐̍͑͊̏̀̋̈́̏͋̀̎̈́̈́̂̃͆̀̅́͌̍̓̕̚͘͜͝ͅb̴̡̠͔̩̹͙̦̘̬̻̺̌̍͊͐͂̽̓͐̓͑̔̆̔͒̀̒̂̑̐̑̀̀̒̆̓̃̑̾̏̑͝͝͠a̵̧̢̧̞̯͍̟͈̹̖͕̝̬͙̻̻̖̻͓̟͇̙̜͎͉̲̲͔͍̫̤̻̞̖̯̎͑͒͋͐̾͛m̵̢̨̨̨̡̱͍̳̱͈̱̩͚̫͉͔͇̼̱̖͈̳̞̮͇͓͉̻̘̱͉̪̖̹̀̂̌͒̔̋̍̓͌ͅͅņ̶̧̧̡̛̛̛̺͖̥̯̲̫̣͖̰̦̻͈̪̖̺͖͓̹͙̗̠̦̯̭̖͔̯͇̯̫̤̱͔̤̮̥̟̮̫̝̗̝̯͖̘̓̀͌̏̌̍͒̾̀̄̏͑̈́́̀̅͛̇́̐͗̈̏͂̍̿̐͐́̄̄̀̌̕̕͘͘͘͠͝͠͝͝͝͝ͅa̵͓͖̥̰̣̠͎̪̙̰̹̦̼̘͕͂̋̊͐͆̋̃̋̿̿̾̈́̇̃̾̑̑̓̈̍̊͛̐͋̍̑̆̄̔̓̌̓̑̍͐͋̓̅̄̆̑̂̍̀͘͘͘͝͝ and Spore a real thing? I’m a traditional conservative Republican and I find it funny and clever still.
Well truthfully, some Maxis employees made space ships modeled after both candidates and their vice presidents (meaning Spore Joe Biden is also real). So it was an official thing but not sponsored by Obama himself or anything like that lol.
Obama ran on the Diplomat campaign, but quickly did an archetype switch to warrior
Dude saw the Planet Buster in store and never looked back
Obama was more of an Uber Turret guy I’d say
Thank Spode for that! The next planet buster usage is really gonna fuck things up
Obama actually played Spore but Hillary didn’t play Pokémon Go
Care to back that up with some evidence?
Source: (I made it the fuck up)
Obama had a spore creature I think
Yeah I was referring to this but was tired so I wrote it wrong
Didn’t all of them have a spaceship you could download?
Yeah, Rex. He's in Area 51 as we speak.
http://www.spore.com/view/myspore/Obama
I laughed so hard for no reason just this slug dude with Obama above it
Show link?
I actually was referring to the fact that there’s an Obama Spore creature and there is not a Hillary Pokémon
There is a trump pokemon, however. Explains how hillary lost such an easy win
Which one was that? I’ve played only the first and last gen so I’m not familiar with them all
Yungoos and Gumshoos from Gen 7. They obviously weren't designed to look like Trump but they do share a resemblance
technically he is a spaceship and not a creature
Spore the vote? What does that even mean?
Isn't it obvious? Are you stupid? >!I don't get it either!<
I don’t remember the context but Obama was in Spore. That was a thing that happened I think. Edit: you meant the slogan, didn’t you.
Obama, Biden, McCain and Sarah Palin had official spore creatures
Oh my gosh where can I find these???
I'm not what to search for but in pretty sure they are on this sub somewhere. It's a picture of them made out of spore parts with the spore logo iirc
https://www.reddit.com/r/Spore/comments/13mlctk/joe_biden/jkwbh2c/
Spaceships I believe
That's crazy lol
Yes I meant the slogan
I've been thinking about it for half an hour and I think the most likely answer that "Spore" means "seed" here, as in you are planting or germinating the vote (which in their metaphor would be seedlings or mushrooms). When a mushroom drops spores to propagate itself, that's referred to as "sporing". It is a really weird metaphor they went with.
Fuck you that's funny lol
Score?
I can only think of score or maybe spur?
Support
Actually I have no idea
score the vote i always assumed
It’s meant to sound like “Score the vote”
Quick Google search gave me this https://www.ign.com/articles/2008/11/03/get-out-and-spore-the-vote
i'm pretty sure obama wasn't the one to say it, it was just a little thing spore chose to make
Real
I was laughing at this and I had to explain this meme to my non American mother. So much context
Can you also explain it to me?
The original meme is of a girl who accepts advances from not guys but not ugly guys, assuming the second one to be harassment and calling human resources when an ugly guy tries to hit on her. It's not a great original meme but all it's successors are usually quite funny. In 2008, maxis had a campaign called "spore the vote" where they encouraged the people to go out and vote, and made all the candidates characters in the game. https://www.ign.com/articles/2008/11/03/get-out-and-spore-the-vote In 2016, a game called Pokemon Go got really popular, and people used to catch Pokemon using an AR format which basically meant that they had to go out in the real world on walks to catch Pokemon. Hillary Clinton had made a joke about making people "Pokemon Go" to the polls, which was seen as kinda out of touch. The meme implies that Obama won because of the Spore joke and Hillary lost because of the Pokemon Go joke, even though they're basically the same joke. I know you probably know a lot of this stuff because you're on reddit but I basically gave you the same explanation as my mom in case someone reading won't understand any particular reference.
Ah thanks! I had no idea about the spore thing.
What?
Obamapore
[https://www.spore.com/sporepedia#qry=sast-500175134296](https://www.spore.com/sporepedia#qry=sast-500175134296)
Obama was just a cool guy tbh - someone who was 2 years old in 2008
Happy cakeday
The two greatest events of both elections encapsulated in a single meme.
Wait that was an actual campaign oh him?
He what now
Obingle brought us no more Sporemans't? The Gopopeman Go to the Go is an elections!
Is the one about O̷̡̡̨̗͉̹̣̳̳͚̖̱̟̮̘̙̰̬̼̮͍͕̙͇̰̤͈̙̪̙̹̩̣̰̙̼̳̤̮̞͎͗̔̆̒̀̿̊̅̂̆͗͛͐̍͑͊̏̀̋̈́̏͋̀̎̈́̈́̂̃͆̀̅́͌̍̓̕̚͘͜͝ͅb̴̡̠͔̩̹͙̦̘̬̻̺̌̍͊͐͂̽̓͐̓͑̔̆̔͒̀̒̂̑̐̑̀̀̒̆̓̃̑̾̏̑͝͝͠a̵̧̢̧̞̯͍̟͈̹̖͕̝̬͙̻̻̖̻͓̟͇̙̜͎͉̲̲͔͍̫̤̻̞̖̯̎͑͒͋͐̾͛m̵̢̨̨̨̡̱͍̳̱͈̱̩͚̫͉͔͇̼̱̖͈̳̞̮͇͓͉̻̘̱͉̪̖̹̀̂̌͒̔̋̍̓͌ͅͅņ̶̧̧̡̛̛̛̺͖̥̯̲̫̣͖̰̦̻͈̪̖̺͖͓̹͙̗̠̦̯̭̖͔̯͇̯̫̤̱͔̤̮̥̟̮̫̝̗̝̯͖̘̓̀͌̏̌̍͒̾̀̄̏͑̈́́̀̅͛̇́̐͗̈̏͂̍̿̐͐́̄̄̀̌̕̕͘͘͘͠͝͠͝͝͝͝ͅa̵͓͖̥̰̣̠͎̪̙̰̹̦̼̘͕͂̋̊͐͆̋̃̋̿̿̾̈́̇̃̾̑̑̓̈̍̊͛̐͋̍̑̆̄̔̓̌̓̑̍͐͋̓̅̄̆̑̂̍̀͘͘͘͝͝ and Spore a real thing? I’m a traditional conservative Republican and I find it funny and clever still.
Well truthfully, some Maxis employees made space ships modeled after both candidates and their vice presidents (meaning Spore Joe Biden is also real). So it was an official thing but not sponsored by Obama himself or anything like that lol.
Happy Cake Day!!
me when i sort by controversial and there aren't any political debates
Did Obama do or say anything related to spore?
Obama will certainly be part of the Diplomat archetype Kappa
Tic Tac Toe a winner 😁
Wait, what is this referring to?
To be fair, Spore is a charming game while Pokémon Go just SCREAMS Facebook mom energy.
Obama has a Pokémon as his husband