USPS Gets Hailed To Celeb Status With ‘Fancams’ & Memes Amid Funding Crisis
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Social media users are revering the United States Postal Service as it faces financial troubles. The USPS, a silent albeit minimized ally in the digital world, had already been in severe debt prior to the coronavirus crisis, which only made things worse. President Donald Trump’s recent rejection of a US$25 billion emergency funding grant to save the postal service—baselessly claiming that postal ballots could lead to voting fraud at the 2020 election—was a nail in the coffin, though he later promised to sign a bill to provide financial support to the organization.
In a wholesome campaign to support the USPS, social media users are celebrating the service with memes and “fancams,” a term made popular by Kpop fans that refers to closeup videos of celebrities during live performances.
As reported by Insider, one of the most viral fancams of the USPS was created by 18-year-old freelance illustrator Taylor Marsyla, who mused to the publication about the USPS being “near and dear to my heart” because it has been an efficient courier option for her as a young artist.
“As an artist myself, I know so any artists rely on the postal service to run their small businesses [or] keep themselves afloat,” Marsyla elaborated. Her amorous video, which has amassed over 1.9 million views on Twitter, captures postal workers and vehicles The number could have been higher had her video and tweet not been taken without credit by political action committee the Lincoln Project.
Another video that went viral was posted by TikToker Shane Meyers, who joked in his clip for the USPS to “[make] it to the top of #bluelivesmatter” to replace the pro-police movement.
The 23-year-old also provided a reference that viewers can reach out to should they wish to help the postal service, asking interested TikTokers to text “USPS” to 50409 to reach Resistbot, a service that helps US residents compose and send letters to elected officials. He explained to Insider that attaching contact information to a potentially viral post could help bring positive change.
fuck it. USPS fancam. pic.twitter.com/jKTwIjS3Sk
— taylor🌸🍳 (@ScribblnTaylor) August 15, 2020
@shanemeyers1 TEXT USPS TO 50409 #bluelivesmatter #blm #liberal #usps
♬ In The Party - Flo Milli
THIS! 💯%
— Mark Hamill (@HamillHimself) August 17, 2020
👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇 https://t.co/4CMh2mWMIK
The only “blue lives” im willing to back #SaveTheUSPS #SaveThePostOffice pic.twitter.com/1CrxMfjEjY
— Carlos Reyes (@thatdudecarlos) August 17, 2020
artists, creators, and collection box cryptids stand in solidarity with the USPS✉️✨ #SavetheUSPS pic.twitter.com/IVyLSjSf9X
— Jess Marfisi (@jessdrawz) August 17, 2020
IM WATCHING ANT MAN 2 FOR THE FIRST TIME AND SPIT OUT MY TEA BC OF HOW RELEVANT THIS IS RN
— cin @ tales of crestoria (@cin_daquil) August 19, 2020
anyway #SaveTheUSPS pic.twitter.com/I8nTVmDh4y
Another way to help the USPS is by purchasing its lesser-known, but actually amazing, merchandise:
wait i need a crop top from USPS https://t.co/HrdqWgmafR pic.twitter.com/X7Y7Px2iwN
— Sophia Benoit (@1followernodad) July 30, 2020
reminder that @USPS streetwear is the new supreme. Don’t sleep pic.twitter.com/rIQB434z5G
— Desus Nice (@desusnice) August 16, 2020
If you:
— Jessica Benson (@jessbensontv) August 16, 2020
-love when there’s a letter in your mailbox from family/friends
-rely on mail for meds/SS/business operations
Text “USPS” to 50409 to automatically send letters to your local reps in support of the postal service.
You can also buy things like this from the USPS store: pic.twitter.com/nfnkmeYkpj
[via Insider, cover image via JL IMAGES / Shutterstock.com]
