About
Somehow Trans People Got Smth To Do With This is an exploitable[1] image macro[2] and reaction image[3] meme that depicts the Earth exploding alongside text that humorously claims that transgender[4] people are to be blamed for the disaster. The meme pokes fun at transphobia on the internet[5] and in real life. Notable events during which the meme was deployed online include the 2025 Los Angeles Palisades Fires[6] and the Shooting of Charlie Kirk[7] in September 2025.
Origin
The earliest known use of the image showing the Earth exploding is a November 22nd, 2008, Daily Mail article titled, “Apocalypse how? Revealing the next catastrophic threat to our world.”
While the text featured on the meme iteration of the exploding Earth image clearly indicates that it was created via Instagram[8], the earliest accessible online post featuring the meme is a December 17th, 2024, post on the Pizza Tower[9] Fandom page.
On January 7th, 2025, an unknown Redditor reposted the “Somehow Trans People Got Smth To Do With This” meme to the subreddit /r/19684, gathering over 2,000 upvotes in eight months.
Spread
On January 18th, 2025, X user @SP1DERFR3AK reposted the “Somehow Trans People Got Smth To Do With This” meme in response to actor Rob Schneider posting, “72 genders, 0 operational fire hydrants.” The post gathered over 200,000 likes in eight months.
On March 7th, 2025, X user @No1Makotofan tweeted the “Somehow Trans People Got Smth To Do With This” meme in response to a tweet that read, “This is how Muslims fast. Just as liberals proclaim, ‘boys CAN be girls!’ So too, Muslims shout: ‘feasting IS fasting!'” The post gathered over 100,000 likes in six months.
On August 11th, 2025, X user @DreamLeaf5 tweeted the meme in response to a post that read, “If gay rights are taken away it’s all because of trans people. They infiltrated the gay movement and perverted it. And JK Rowling[10] has said this and it is being proven more every day by how many people begin to hate on gays.” The post gathered over 60,000 likes in a month.
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References
- ^ exploitable (knowyourmeme.com)
- ^ image macro (knowyourmeme.com)
- ^ reaction image (knowyourmeme.com)
- ^ transgender (knowyourmeme.com)
- ^ internet (knowyourmeme.com)
- ^ 2025 Los Angeles Palisades Fires (knowyourmeme.com)
- ^ Shooting of Charlie Kirk (knowyourmeme.com)
- ^ Instagram (knowyourmeme.com)
- ^ Pizza Tower (knowyourmeme.com)
- ^ JK Rowling (knowyourmeme.com)