Kennedy Asks About the Future

Text on the meme

So how's life in the future? Have you defeated communism yet? A war with Texas? Against whom?

What it means

John F. Kennedy speaks on the telephone in two black-and-white photographs. The captions imagine him calling from the past to ask whether communism has been defeated, then reacting with confusion to the idea of a war with Texas. The joke uses historical anachronism and exaggerated political absurdity as a reaction to bizarre future events.

Who

John F. Kennedy (Джон Ф. Кеннеди)

Objects

man in suit / мужчина в костюме telephone receiver / телефонная трубка telephone cord / телефонный провод office interior / интерьер офиса doorway / дверной проём bookshelf / книжная полка framed photographs / фотографии в рамках desk / письменный стол black-and-white photograph / чёрно-белая фотография hand gesture / жест рукой