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Is We Getting refers to the start of a Google search term phrasal template and Google Search Suggestions meme written in improper grammar that is commonly auto-completed by Google to read Is We Getting Food Stamps? or Is We Getting a Stimulus Check? The sentence starter, "Is we getting," was mockingly used by internet users and meme creators largely at the expense of American Black people, as it was speculated that they were the ones searching up the questions. Internet users first discovered the Is We Getting phenomenon on 4chan in the early 2020s. Notable right-wing influencers, like Nick Fuentes, commonly referenced the joke.

It later went viral on Twitter / X in October 2025, when a user tweeted a screenshot of Is We Getting Google search suggestions, leading with, "Is we getting food stamps this month?" concerning the ongoing U.S. government shutdown and its effect on (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program) SNAP benefits. Additionally, the search query "Is they cutting food stamps?" and other variations of "Is they cutting X" trended online at the time.

Origin

In July 2020, several Black X^[4] users tweeted, "Is we getting another stimulus check?" concerning the stimulus checks administered by the U.S. government during the COVID-19 Pandemic. ^[5]

On August 1st, 2020, a 4chan user shared a screenshot on the /pol/ ^[6] (politically incorrect) imageboard, which showed a Google search suggestion, reading, "Is we getting a second stimulus checks?" The user captioned it, "This is the current state of America," and received several replies.

Spread

On August 5th, 2020, a 4chan user shared a screenshot to /pol/,^[7] showing the Google search result suggestions for "Is we getting." They captioned it, "It's real," and received several replies.

On August 6th, 2020, 9GAG ^[1] user @danwhatevs spread the concept to the new platform, gaining 32 upvotes in five years.

On June 27th, 2022, X user @HarmlessYardDog shared a tweet (since deleted) that showed then-recent Is We Getting Google search suggestions, captioned, "Well, is we?"

The tweet was reposted by iFunny ^[2] user @Turbosprinkles on July 11th, 2023, gaining over 6,700 smiles in two years.

On November 15th, 2024, right-wing political commentator Nick Fuentes posted to his X^[3] account, @NickJFuentes, writing, "Is we getting the Netflix back," gaining over 9,500 likes in 11 months.

On October 25th, 2025, X^[8] user @hayasaka_aryan tweeted a then-recent screenshot of Google Search results, showing the auto-complete, "Is we getting food stamps this month?" @hayasaka_aryan captioned it, "Bruh," gaining over 1.9 million views and 54,000 likes in two days. At the time, the U.S. government shutdown was reportedly going to affect food stamps in the country.^[9]

On October 27th, 2025, Facebook^[10] user Kevin Steele shared an example of the Is They Cutting X meme with a supposed screenshot of Google Search results auto-completing a range of things related to food stamps and low-income housing, receiving nearly 60 reactions and 25 comments in 16 hours.

In his post, Steele noted that the image was fake and wrote:

VIRAL SATIRICAL MEME is not true. Google doesn’t release exact real-time rankings, but aggregated tools like Exploding Topics confirm no SNAP-related spike in the top 100. And not this meme which has been shared tens of thousands of times today. It does not appear to be an accurate representation. Google doesn’t tell you what is being searched real-time. Google Trends show SNAP searches up 150% month-over-month but still niche compared to entertainment/news.

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Is They Cutting

Is They Cutting refers to a series of memes and viral posts about the supposed Google search auto-suggestions for the sentence prefix "Is they cutting…" showing questions written in improper grammar about U.S. government subsidies like "Is They Cutting Food Stamps?" and "Is They Cutting EBT?" The meme is a variant of the precursor Is We Getting meme, based on the alleged search suggestions "Is we getting food stamps?" and "Is we getting another stimulus check?" which first trended in 2020. The Is They Cutting meme surfaced on Twitter / X in October 2025, when internet users resurfaced the Is We Getting meme and found the alternate. The jokes were largely at the expense of low-income African Americans, who some internet users believed were responsible for the alleged Google auto-suggestions.

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