Shaun Fontenot, originator of 'downtown Chattanooga' meme, did it 'just for a laugh'

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The originator of the 'downtown Chattanooga' meme is a 19-year-old teenager called Shaun Fontenot – and he's started a GoFundMe page so that Singaporeans can sponsor a trip to our sunny city for him.

American Facebook user Shaun Fontenot spawned a viral meme among Singaporeans by saying that Marina Bay Sands is in downtown Chattanooga in Tennessee.

He made that fateful post "just for a laugh", not expecting it to turn into a viral meme, he told Yahoo Lifestyle SEA. American Facebook user Shaun Fontenot spawned a viral meme among Singaporeans by saying that Marina Bay Sands is in downtown Chattanooga in Tennessee.query as to why he made that post, Shaun said, "I said it simply to give the people in my city a good laugh, because we have nothing like that here.

 

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