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Alexander Hamilton Lewis Hamilton F1 Mixup Meme

The meme is a screenshot of a TikTok post and its comment section. The upper section shows a portrait of US founding father Alexander Hamilton overlaid with text stating he wrote 51 essays in 6 months, averaging one essay every 4 days for that entire period, with a search bar below reading "what did hamilton write about". The comment section shows a user joking that completing that writing output while also competing in Formula 1 is incredibly impressive, intentionally or unintentionally mixing up founding father Alexander Hamilton with famous F1 driver Lewis Hamilton. The punchline is that the verified official account of real F1 driver Lewis Hamilton replies to the comment with the single word "Real", playing along with the joke.
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Hamilton wrote 51 essays in 6 months. Than an average of one essay for every four days. FOR SIX MONTHS. search: what did hamilton write about

Overview

The meme is a screenshot of a TikTok post and its comment section. The upper section shows a portrait of US founding father Alexander Hamilton overlaid with text stating he wrote 51 essays in 6 months, averaging one essay every 4 days for that entire period, with a search bar below reading "what did hamilton write about". The comment section shows a user joking that completing that writing output while also competing in Formula 1 is incredibly impressive, intentionally or unintentionally mixing up founding father Alexander Hamilton with famous F1 driver Lewis Hamilton. The punchline is that the verified official account of real F1 driver Lewis Hamilton replies to the comment with the single word "Real", playing along with the joke.

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This meme originates from a viral TikTok interaction featuring the real Lewis Hamilton, and was later reposted to the Reddit r/meme subreddit, as indicated by the provided RSS source information. It gained widespread popularity due to the unexpected celebrity participation in the name mixup joke.

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