Trump's Mugshot Sparks Social Media Viral Trend of Posting Selfie "Mugshots"

With the public release of former President Donald Trump's mugshot from his booking in Georgia this week, social media is lighting up with people posting their own Trump-inspired faux mugshots. Users reported early Saturday that their once oversaturated feigned-happiness social media feeds are now rapidly morphing into deadpan poses of their old high school classmates and neighbors they don't really know that well.

Sociologist Jan Henkins explained the viral trend is not unexpected given the intense public opinions of Trump on both sides of the political aisle. "For Trump supporters, the mugshot is a rallying cry. As they say, imitation is the sincerest form of flattery." For the anti-Trump crowd, Henkins posited that the viral selfie acts as a way to humiliate or mock the former President. "For the college-aged crowd and younger, who usually lean more liberal anyway, the opportunity to ridicule Mr. Trump builds camaraderie among a floundering generation."

Social media feed profile pictures are being updated in real time with what some are calling the "jailing" effect. "It's cool to be in trouble, you know?" smiled high school dropout-turned Instagram meditation guru DeapBreaths4Eva. "Girls love the bad boy, you know?." Political pundit Rex Readwell predicted that the 2024 Presidential Election will be "The Year of the Jail". Fashion icon Delsacheria has already begun designing her 2024 wardrobe to be unveiled at next year's Paris fashion show, hinting only on Instagram with a "#zebra" below her own fake mugshot.

Happiness from social media feeds is vanishing at a torrential pace. "Before, everyone's picture was of them smiling, apple picking, drinking a beer, or hugging the prettier one in the relationship," said YouTuber DaPulse2024isDaYear. "Now, everyone looks defiant, somber, and just plain angry."

Outside a popular bar in Miami, one source, who wished to remain anonymous, credited the Trump mugshot to allow him to gain two numbers from women at the club. "It's an instant game-changer. Before, I would just stare at all the women from the corner of the club while I sipped on my cranberry and soda. Now, it's turning into my best pickup line: 'Have you seen my mugshot?'"

The poses are not just being imitated online. Jack Dehydrenderson, a seventh grade middle school teacher in Northwest Ohio, cautioned that students are now "mugging" him when called on in class. "When I ask a student to read the next chapter, I get met with a stone cold face of opposition followed by an eruption of laughter, which in turn is followed by a giggling gaggle of arms-crossed teenagers mimicking our esteemed former President." Disgusted, Dehydrenderson has stopped giving failing grades to his students to avoid further muggings by their parents at parent-teacher conferences.