New York Times Gives Bestseller Badge to Every Newly Published Book

This is a sarcastic single-panel meme. The top of the image has two text lines: the first reads 'Any book: *is published*', and the second reads 'New York times:'. Below the text is an edited image of a young woman taking a low-angle selfie against a bright blue sky with scattered clouds, holding out an edited New York Times Bestseller badge as if automatically awarding it to any newly released book. The joke satirizes the common perception that the New York Times Bestseller label is awarded too liberally to nearly all published books, decreasing the prestige and exclusivity of the award.

Dialogue

Any book: *is published*
New York times:

Overview

This is a sarcastic single-panel meme. The top of the image has two text lines: the first reads 'Any book: is published', and the second reads 'New York times:'. Below the text is an edited image of a young woman taking a low-angle selfie against a bright blue sky with scattered clouds, holding out an edited New York Times Bestseller badge as if automatically awarding it to any newly released book. The joke satirizes the common perception that the New York Times Bestseller label is awarded too liberally to nearly all published books, decreasing the prestige and exclusivity of the award.

Origin notes

This meme is sourced from the Reddit Meme subreddit, as stated in the provided RSS source information. It remixes a widely used viral selfie template of a woman holding an object, editing the object to be the NYT Bestseller badge to convey the joke about the perceived overuse of the Bestseller title by the New York Times.

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