Thomas Jefferson Has a Headache

Text on the meme

Health and Medical History of President Thomas Jefferson • Violent headache for two days after behaving awkwardly in front of a girl he fancied (March 1764, age 20); Thomas Jefferson

What it means

A faux historical medical record claims that President Thomas Jefferson suffered a violent headache after awkwardly behaving in front of a girl he fancied. The video cuts to Ryan Gosling sitting beside a woman, increasingly uncomfortable and looking down while she glances at him, turning ordinary social awkwardness into a ridiculous presidential diagnosis. Billy Idol’s moody synth-pop song “Eyes Without a Face” makes the embarrassment feel dramatically tragic, heightening the joke for reactions to romantic cringe or post-interaction regret.

Sound

♪ Billy Idol — Eyes Without a Face

music / музыка

Who

Ryan Gosling (Райан Гослинг)Thomas Jefferson (Томас Джефферсон)

Objects

man in denim jacket / мужчина в джинсовой куртке woman in colorful dress / женщина в ярком платье couch / диван studio audience / зрители в студии television talk-show set / декорации телешоу water bottle / бутылка воды white cup / белая чашка wooden benches / деревянные скамьи historical text panel / историческая текстовая панель awkward glance / неловкий взгляд downcast expression / подавленное выражение лица gesturing man / жестикулирующий мужчина