It took us some 2000 years, but we vultures of the Internet have finally done it: Memes have officially surpassed Jesus in terms of online popularity. Twitter user @Kuwaddo pointed out the historic Google Trends statistics yesterday, which show that, despite a long and strong reign, search terms for the Messiah have now slightly dipped below those for “memes”.
WE DID IT PEOPLE.
WE FUCKING DID IT.
HOLY SHIT. http://pic.twitter.com/RgfAM2H9W2— Quad (@Kuwaddo) October 25, 2016
Interest in Jesus has been consistent for some time now, with upticks around Christmas and Easter, but the world’s love for memes has steadily increased since 2011 — right around the time Instagram, a popular hub for the funny shareable pics, launched. God can’t be too happy right now; our only hope is that there will be memes to accompany us in hell.
Here are a few of my fave memes, new and old:
via Consequence of Sound http://consequenceofsound.net/2016/10/memes-are-now-stasticially-more-popular-than-jesus-christ/