![Wait, It's All Ohio? Always Has Been always has been meme depicting a shot of an astronaut about to kill another when he discovers the world was all something](https://i.kym-cdn.com/entries/icons/mobile/000/034/470/7a0.jpg)
Wait, It's All Ohio? Always Has Been
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About
Wait, It's All Ohio? Always Has Been refers to an exploitable template in which two astronauts are in space. One looks at Earth and realizes the entire Earth is made up of something other than what is expected, and asks "Wait, it's all X?" The other astronaut, preparing a gun, says "Always has been."
Origin
On December 11th, 2016, Redditor Wiegand6 posted in the /r/dankmemes[11] an MSPaint illustration of two astronauts looking at flat earth. One astronaut says, "wtf it's flat!!!" The other, pointing a gun at their fellow astronaut, says, "Sry fam." The post received more than 485 points (97% upvoted) in less than four years (shown below).
![w-- it's flat w-- it's flat!!! sry fam](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/879/820/fb9.png)
On August 7th, 2018, an anonymous 4chan user posted the earliest known version of the template, using America as the surprise[1] (shown below).
![America Wait it's all America? Always has been](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/866/901/133.jpg)
Spread
The template did not begin seeing widespread use until over a year later in conjunction with the rise of Ohio vs. the World edits, when "Ohio" became a popular variation of the template's punchline. user iOhioian posted such an edit was posted to iFunny[2] on October 17th, 2019 (shown below, left). The post received more than 46,000 reactions and 1,700 comments in less than one year. This was reposted to Twitter,[3] Reddit,[4] Tumblr[5], and Instagram.[6] The image inspired further MS-Paint edits. For example, Facebook page Twingo Memes[7] posted an edit in which the punchline was France, gaining over 530 reactions (shown below, right).
![Wait, It's All Ohio? https://twitter.com/burgertownmw2/status/1204189502123720704](https://a.kym-cdn.com/assets/blank-b3f96f160b75b1b49b426754ba188fe8.gif)
![Wait It's All France? "Wait it's all FRANCE? Always has been](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/733/283/dc4.jpg)
Edits would later come to use more realistic-looking versions of the astronauts. For example, on June 7th, 2020, Redditor nickslicktricks posted an example to /r/memes,[8] gaining over 33,000 points (shown below, left). On June 19th, 2020, Twitter user @Alexis_Grump[9] made an example using Bugsnax (shown below, right). On July 14th, Ebaumsworld[10] published a gallery featuring notable examples of the meme.
![Wait, It's All Tendies? Always has been Wait it's all tendies?](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/860/473/0a8.jpg)
![It's all Bugsnax Always has been Wait it's all bugsnax?](https://a.kym-cdn.com/assets/blank-b3f96f160b75b1b49b426754ba188fe8.gif)
Various Examples
![The sun is Mountain Dew Baja Blast Always has been The sun is Baja Blast? PEPSICO](https://a.kym-cdn.com/assets/blank-b3f96f160b75b1b49b426754ba188fe8.gif)
![The World is Italy @J. The Perverted Summoner Always has been Wait, it's all Italy?](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/863/292/6ab.jpg)
![What do you mean it's not Koji-Pro? Always has been Wait It's all Capcom?](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/861/471/312.jpg)
![Always CHAZ Always has been WELCOME TO It's all CHAZ? Capitel Hill Autonomous Zone WELCOME T0 Cepital Aut Aatinensous Zepe](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/861/885/11c.jpg)
![Am I just a decoration, then? Always has been Wait it's all a hat?](https://a.kym-cdn.com/assets/blank-b3f96f160b75b1b49b426754ba188fe8.gif)
![It's all Jeb! Always has been Wait it's all Jeb? Jeb! made with Jeb!](https://a.kym-cdn.com/assets/blank-b3f96f160b75b1b49b426754ba188fe8.gif)
Template
![Wait It's All Ohio Always Has Been Meme Template Wait, it's all ? Always has been](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/002/557/076/134.jpeg)
Search Interest
External References
[2] iFunny – iOhioan's Post
[3] Twitter – @burgertownmw2
[5] Tumblr – chemtraildude (unavailable)
[6] Instagram – salad.snake (private account)
[7] Facebook – Twingo Memes
[9] Twitter – Alexis_Grump
[10] Ebaumsworld – Wait, It's All Ohio? Always Has Been Astronaut Memes That Are Out of This World
[11] Reddit – /r/dankmemes
Top Comments
The Nate
Jun 29, 2020 at 11:39AM EDT
Raul Satisacro
Jun 28, 2020 at 03:26PM EDT