Where did it come from? Stephen Colbert, actually

Skibidi…Biden?

The late show has been a source of mirth and joy to audiences for decades. However, sometimes a force of good can be twisted and distorted into something downright sinister, downright destructive. See also: Wasabi Oreos.)

Such was the case with a visual joke made in a The Late Show with Stephen Colbert monologue from May.

Where did Skibidi Biden come from?

Stephen Colbert brought news about the Biden campaign (remember that?) hiring a “meme manager,” followed by some examples of what officially sanctioned Biden campaign memes might look like.

We get a few very 2009 meme jokes — Ermahgerd, can I speak Cheezburger — before jumping a decade and a half into the glistening seas of brain rot known as 2024.

I’m talking, of course, about the final joke in this runner (biggest sigh I’ve ever sighed): Skibidi Biden.

The comments on the video say it all. Here is a selection:

“This is TV’s 9/11”

“It’s so bad you can’t look away, like a car accident”

“This is real brain rot”

“This is the lowest point of my life and I’m 50 years old.”

“Putting the skibidi toilet with 10 year old meme templates is like mixing ammonia and bleach”

“This gets a whole chapter in my suicide note”

“Jesus Wept”

Hard to argue with any of these takes, really.

The Skibidi Biden meme went viral

Unfortunately, this unseen/heard track on (future box office dominator) Skibidi Toilet didn’t just pass through the pop culture drain, never to be heard from again. No no.

This thing is having a meme moment with Gen-Z and Alpha.