Baker Mayfield's Mustache

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Baker Mayfield's Mustache refers to the facial hair sported by Cleveland Browns quarterback Baker Mayfield at the press conference after his team's loss to the Denver Broncos during the 2019 NFL season. The mustache led to a series of jokes on Twitter, including a series of What Does It Look Like I Do For a Living jokes following a tweet by @SBNation which paired the picture with the prompt.

Origin

On November 3rd, 2019, following the Cleveland Browns' loss to the Denver Broncos, Browns quarterback Baker Mayfield addressed the media, sporting a mustache (shown below).

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After the press conference, online reaction focused solely on Mayfield's mustache. Twitter user @MichaelRyanRuiz^[1] tweeted a picture of Mayfield, saying simply, "Oh no," gaining over 630 retweets and 4,300 likes (shown below, left). User @netw3rk^[2] tweeted, "strong divorced dad who lives at a motel showing up for his weekend visitation energy," gaining over 1,100 retweets and 9,300 likes (shown below, right).

SBNation tweeted the picture with the caption, "What does Baker Mayfield look like he does for a living?", gaining over 600 retweets and 3,900 likes.^[3] This led to several jokes about Mayfield's appearance. Some include a tweet by @Boston__Sucks that made an Always Sunny reference, gaining over 530 retweets and 4,100 likes (shown below, left). User @jon_bois wrote, "video game npc standing next to an oil drum fire who will trade you a grenade if you find him a bottle of something called 'psycho juice'," gaining over 870 retweets and 7,900 likes (shown below, right). Jokes were covered by Twitter Events.^[4]

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