AboutWhat does the meme depict?
The 'My Child Will X' meme is an exploitable two-panel comparison format featuring characters representing Satan and Jesus. In each panel, these characters give opposing commands or statements. Typically, Satan is depicted issuing a morally correct directive, while Jesus advises something that seems morally wrong. This meme is often used to express ironic or humorous contradictions between expected roles or behaviors of these figures.
OriginWho did it first?
The 'My Child Will X' meme had its beginnings between February and August 2017, when an unknown African Facebook page named ayanfe posted three similar image macros. Each macro featured a two-panel setup with Jesus and Satan engaging in a dialogue in Swahili. In these scenarios, the commandments differ, with Jesus saying his child would type 'amen' and the Devil countering his child would refrain from doing so. The earliest found reposts of the first and the second images originated from Facebook posts on February 27, 2017, and March 25, 2017. A subsequent notable repost by the Nigerian Facebook page Starvic Empire Media on August 11, 2017, gained significant engagement, highlighting the meme's early popularity.[1]
Origin: 2017