What's The 'Is We Getting A Stimulus Check' Meme? The Viral Google Search Suggestion Meme Explained

Google Search is not the same go-to tool for netizens in 2024 trying to look for the perfect answer. The tool's autocomplete suggestion, however, has graced the internet with several memes for decades, like the Is We Getting A Stimulus Check.

For context, the stimulus check mentioned in the meme is a check sent to taxpaying consumers by a government. The checks were given in the United States in 2020 as a means of relief from the economic downturn as a result of the coronavirus.

Here’s how the "Is we getting a stimulus check" unexpected Google search suggestion became a viral meme on the internet and why people are searching for it in 2024.

Where Is The 'Is We Getting A Stimulus Check' Meme From?

Purposely written as "Is we getting a stimulus check" instead of "Are we getting a stimulus check," the phrase comes from an autocomplete result displayed in Google search suggestions about the United States stimulus check emergency financial aid. On August 6th, 2020, 9GAG user @danwhatevs posted the earliest known Google search suggestion screenshot featuring the phrase "Is we getting," which was autocompleted with "a new stimulus check."

How Did ''Is We Getting A Stimulus Check' Google Search Become A Meme?

The "Is we getting a stimulus check" Google search suggestion grew popular as part of the 600 Stimmy memes back in 2020, which mostly focused on people mocking the proposed stimulus, believing it to be well below the needed funds to make up for months of financial hardship. For instance, on September 18th, 2022, Memedroid user @ObscuredByClouds posted a Google search screenshot accompanied by the caption "Putting 'is we get' into Google," which amassed more than 407 reactions in two years.

Redditor SuorinGod posted the political compass meme, adding the "is we getting a stimulus check" screenshot over the economic right section of the compass (seen below, right). The post amassed roughly 571 likes and 67 comments since it was uploaded on August 5th, 2020.

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For the full history of "Is we getting a stimulus check," be sure to check out Know Your Meme's encyclopedia entry for more information.