Watching Whoever Wasn't Talking

Text on the meme

My favorite part of the debate was watching whoever wasn't talking

What it means

During a televised CNN debate, the video cuts between Donald Trump and Joe Biden as they sit silently and react while the other person speaks. The joke is that the viewer prefers the candidates’ awkward silent expressions over the debate itself, made funnier by the dreamy, melancholy ambient dream-pop song “Sea, Swallow Me” by Cocteau Twins & Harold Budd. The clip works as a reaction to exhausting debates, arguments, or situations where the quiet person is more entertaining than whoever is talking.

Sound

♪ Cocteau Twins & Harold Budd — Sea, Swallow Me

music / музыка

Who

Donald Trump (Дональд Трамп)Joe Biden (Джо Байден)

Objects

Donald Trump / Дональд Трамп Joe Biden / Джо Байден television screen / экран телевизора CNN debate backdrop / фон дебатов CNN microphone / микрофон dark suit / тёмный костюм white shirt / белая рубашка red tie / красный галстук blue tie / синий галстук American flag pin / значок с американским флагом debate stage / сцена дебатов serious facial expressions / серьёзные выражения лиц silent reactions / молчаливые реакции