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Bernie Sanders Mittens meme template

Bernie Sanders Mittens is a meme format on WhatiMeme. Used for sitting something out while it happens around you. The crossed arms, heavy coat, and empty space read as cold, patient, and unimpressed: waiting, socially distancing, overdressing, or refusing to join in without making a scene.

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An older man with white hair and glasses sits alone on a black folding chair on wide white steps. He wears a light blue surgical mask, a bulky brown parka, dark trousers, brown shoes, and oversized brown-and-white patterned mittens, with his arms crossed. Partial figures appear at the edges: legs and shoes at the upper left, a person in a pink hat and black coat at the right holding a phone, and the backs of people in dark clothing at the lower right. A metal chair frame sits on the step behind him. The scene is brightly lit and mostly white.

How to write this meme

Put the situation on top and the quiet, slightly miserable reaction on the bottom. The photo already shows cold, alone, and unimpressed, so do not narrate the mittens, mask, or chair. Keep both lines short enough to read at a glance.

Caption zones

  • Top text — Names the event, wait, or social situation he is stuck in

Example captions

  • Top text: Group project meeting
  • bottom-text: I already did my part

The lone chair and crossed arms match someone who finished early and is now just waiting while everyone else scrambles.

  • Top text: Office holiday party
  • bottom-text: I came for the snacks

He looks dressed for the weather and socially checked out, which fits enduring a party you did not want.

  • Top text: Friends picking a restaurant
  • bottom-text: I'll eat wherever

The unbothered posture sells quiet surrender while everyone else keeps debating.

  • Top text: They said dress warm
  • bottom-text: I took it personally

The huge coat and mittens already show the over-preparation, so the caption only has to name the cause.

  • Top text: Family reunion small talk
  • bottom-text: Still on the intro quest

Sitting apart on the steps reads as opting out of mingling, and the game line adds a light twist without explaining the photo.

Common mistakes

  • Describing the coat, mask, or mittens instead of a situation
  • Writing a political rant the pose does not support
  • Using both lines to say the same thing
  • Making the bottom line longer than the setup
  • Treating it like an excited or angry reaction image

Also known as

Bernie Mittens · Bernie Sitting · Inauguration Bernie · Bernie Sanders Chair

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