The American Chopper meme, explained

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The Paul Teutul Sr. vs. Paul Teutul Jr. meme went viral on Twitter this week. "What elevates the American Chopper meme from simply amusing to officially Good on the Internet is the meta journey that followed its emergence," says Heather Schwedel. "Very soon after Senior and Junior and their extremely expressive argument entered the collective consciousness, people started having all sorts of discussion about the meme and what it meant … using the form of the meme itself. And so we celebrate the idea that, for anything you have to say about the American Chopper meme, you can say it with the American Chopper meme."

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