About

Swole Doge vs. Cheems refers to a comparison format in which representatives of the same group from two historical eras are presented as Swole (Chad) Doge and Cheems and are compared to each other, similar to Virgin vs. Chad. Originating from a viral Facebook meme, the format gained popularity on Reddit and Facebook starting in mid-May 2020.

Origin

The earliest available version of the meme, based on images Swole Doge and Cheems, was published on February 5th, 2020 by Facebook^[10] page Doges artesanales. The post received more than 10,000 shares, 3,300 reactions and 510 comments in four months (shown below).

Spread

The format did not receive notable spread until on May 13th, 2020, Twitter ^[13] user @olvidam_ese posted a variation of the meme (right), the post received more than 12,300 likes and 1,300 retweets.
Later, Twitter users @therealbuni (left) ^[11] and Twitter user @unhilo (center) ^[12] posted their variations of the meme, getting even more viral .

On May 16th, 2020, Redditor DiegoGamer25 posted a meme comparing his dad at 17 years of age with himself at the same age (shown below). The post received over 13,900 upvotes in /r/animemes^[1] and over 38,400 upvotes in /r/dankmemes^[2] in one week.

On May 19th, 2020, Redditor^[3] Vulpanthrope posted an expanded version of DiegoGamer25's meme to /r/ConsumeProduct subreddit, gaining over 3,200 upvotes in five days (shown below). May 20th reposts by Facebook^[4] user Kusraevi Klei and Redditor^[5] Fantastic_Doom received over 600 reactions and 1,000 shares and 2,700 upvotes in five days.

Starting on May 19th, the format started gaining further spread on Reddit and Facebook, being used to compare groups of people in various historical eras. On May 19th, 2020, Redditor^[6] PEKE19 posted a meme about priests in years 1450 and 2020 that received over 83,900 upvotes in one week, prompting a surge in the spread of the format (shown below, left). A same-day repost by Facebook^[7] user Seiba received over 300 reactions and 900 shares. On May 20th, Redditor^[8] ElCreeperX posted a Hatsune Miku meme based on the template that received over 11,400 upvotes in /r/animemes in five days (shown below, right).

On May 23rd, Twitter^[9] user @PrinceT0xic reposted four memes based on the format. The tweet received over 25,800 retweets and 69,600 likes, which prompted the spread of the format on the platform in the following days.

Related Memes

Virgin vs. Chad

Virgin vs. Chad, also known as Virgin Walk, refers to a series of illustrations comparing various virgin men with low self-confidence to their Chad Thundercock counterparts. After an MS Paint depiction of the walk began circulating online in March 2017, other illustrations of "virgin" behaviors began appearing on the /r9k/ board on 4chan.

Various Examples

Templates

Search Interest

External References