lobsters

When Twitter user @SpacemanQuisp tweeted a joke about the Titanic's sinking being a blessing to the kitchen's lobsters back in 2011, he probably had no idea that nearly a decade later the concept would become a dank meme. But here we are. The meme, while having seen moderate popularity on Twitter, has surged in popularity in recent weeks - mostly on Reddit. The entire concept is so specific, and so hilarious, that we're really unsurprised that it's absolutely killing. Here are some of our favorite iterations.

In case you ever weren't convinced that lobsters are literal spawns of Satan, this Twitter thread, brought to you by microbiologist Labcoat Lesbian, proves otherwise - with science!