The ‘flat stomach’ meme has morphed into the ‘pregnant mom’ meme

Twitter's new favorite meme was borne—pun intended—of another recently beloved meme.

The flat stomach meme began circulating on Twitter sometime last week. Twitter user @itsJWolfe posted a less-than-anatomically-accurate ASCII attempt to create the side profile of a human body—with a marginal degree of success. His point, however, was very clear. Sure, a flat stomach sounds great, but so do bread, cheese, and french fries.

The delicious tweet from @itsJWolfe quickly sparked a trend. Within no time, the flat stomach meme morphed from a self-deprecating joke about self-control to a goofy joke about pregnancy. The evolution of a meme is a beautiful thing to behold.

Me: I want a flat stomach
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— J Wolfe? (@itsJWolfe) March 21, 2019

Me: I want a flat stomach

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— Tara Inom! (@EmperadoraKasi) March 23, 2019

A few people even pointed out the anatomical issues with the side-profile.

https://twitter.com/kamilumin/status/1110205565869920257

Within no time, the pregnancy memes were going strong. The shift from food belly to pregnancy belly appeared to start with a tweet from @pant_leg. From there, there was no stopping it.

my mom when she was pregnant with me:

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— UnDo 512 (@undo512) March 24, 2019

https://twitter.com/C_millz6/status/1110241668194807811

People quickly took it as an opportunity to employ harsh humor about their own origins.

https://twitter.com/arabnaan/status/1110253126760701953

https://twitter.com/notviking/status/1110269138608373760

my mom when she was pregnant with me:

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— angel baby (@unwh0retunate) March 25, 2019

The meme morphed again, from jokes about self worth tself-worthkes about celebrities.

https://twitter.com/bIanchctt/status/1110308177323552768

mary perry when she was pregnant with katy:

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— andrea (@witnessandrea) March 25, 2019

And this priceless Lady Gaga pun, which offered just a "star" in the womb. (A star is born! Get it?)

https://twitter.com/genericgaystuff/status/1109985459348869120

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H/T Mashable