Twitter’s new favorite meme was borne—pun intended—of another recently beloved meme.
The flat stomach meme began circulating on Twitter sometime last week. Twitter user @itsJWolfe posted a less-than-anatomically-accurate ASCII attempt to create the side profile of a human body—with a marginal degree of success. His point, however, was very clear. Sure, a flat stomach sounds great, but so do bread, cheese, and french fries.
The delicious tweet from @itsJWolfe quickly sparked a trend. Within no time, the flat stomach meme morphed from a self-deprecating joke about self-control to a goofy joke about pregnancy. The evolution of a meme is a beautiful thing to behold.
Me: I want a flat stomach
— J Wolfe🥀 (@itsJWolfe) March 21, 2019
My stomach
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Me: I want a flat stomach
— Tara Inom! (@EmperadoraKasi) March 23, 2019
My stomach:
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A few people even pointed out the anatomical issues with the side-profile.
https://twitter.com/kamilumin/status/1110205565869920257
Within no time, the pregnancy memes were going strong. The shift from food belly to pregnancy belly appeared to start with a tweet from @pant_leg. From there, there was no stopping it.
my mom when she was pregnant with me:
— UnDo 512 #Stop Cop City (@stop_sweeps_atx) March 24, 2019
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https://twitter.com/C_millz6/status/1110241668194807811
People quickly took it as an opportunity to employ harsh humor about their own origins.
https://twitter.com/arabnaan/status/1110253126760701953
https://twitter.com/notviking/status/1110269138608373760
my mom when she was pregnant with me:
— angel baby (@unwh0retunate) March 25, 2019
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The meme morphed again, from jokes about self worth tself-worthkes about celebrities.
https://twitter.com/bIanchctt/status/1110308177323552768
mary perry when she was pregnant with katy:
— andrea (@witnessandrea) March 25, 2019
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And this priceless Lady Gaga pun, which offered just a “star” in the womb. (A star is born! Get it?)
Gaga's mom when she was pregnant with her:
— jack (@genericgaystuff) March 25, 2019
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H/T Mashable