It’s one of the internet’s most tried and true and dependently amusing memes: responding to the number 69 with “nice.” (If you don’t know why, consult your local Urban Dictionary.) As in, “Did you see that Now That’s What I Call Music! 69 debuted at number 32 on the Billboard 200?” “Nice.” Or, back in 2016, when Barack Obama tweeted a graphic noting that 69 percent of “Americans want the Senate to hold hearings and vote on Judge Garland,” guess what the top reply was? Speaking of presidents and the nicest number between 68 and 70…
The Gallup Poll just announced that 69% of our great citizens expect their finances to improve next year, a 16 year high. Nice!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) February 13, 2019
“The Gallup Poll just announced that 69% of our great citizens expect their finances to improve next year, a 16 year high,” tweeted Donald Trump, adding, “Nice!” When a 72-year-old politician is (maybe?) making 69 jokes (“How do you do, fellow meme lovers?“), “nice” is no longer nice — it’s canceled.
folks i'm sorry, 69 is cancelled
— Ashley Feinberg (ashleyfeinberg.bsky.social) (@ashleyfeinberg) February 13, 2019
Excited to announce my new book, an oral history of Trump's 69 tweet. Here's a sneak peek: pic.twitter.com/aeZHraxaW7
— David A. Graham (@GrahamDavidA) February 13, 2019
humbly request that i'm interviewed for the segment of the ken burns doc on Trump that pertains to the 69 tweet
— Gideon Resnick (@GideonResnick) February 13, 2019
Trump's worst crime is now killing the 69 meme
— Jake (Official) (Real) (@JakeMHS) February 13, 2019
So.. did Trump just kill the 69/nice meme?
— Mike (@kantwistaye) February 13, 2019
Ah shit, Trump did a 69/nice tweet, which means I'm never going to do one again, which means there's little reason for anyone to follow me anymore
— Scott McLaughlin (@smclaughlin9) February 13, 2019
https://twitter.com/tomtomorrow/status/1095702303057895424
https://twitter.com/WorldofIsaac/status/1095702012690350080
https://twitter.com/Sta7ic/status/1095703402150019072
The cable coverage of this Trump 69 tweet should be hilarious
— Sam Stein (@samstein) February 13, 2019
https://twitter.com/thomdunn/status/1095705180316807168
https://twitter.com/edzitron/status/1095705076172242945
Because it’s important to know your history: the first known instance of 69/nice on Twitter was in September 2007, when user Filip Bunkens “congratulated himself about his new follower count.” He told the Daily Dot, “I’m quite astonished that replying nice to 69 has become a trend.” Now here we are, 12 years later, and the president is continuing what Bunkens started. How… nice?
(Via the Daily Dot)