(Thanks to for letting us know about this meme! Thanks also to and for helping us find the tweet that made the image viral!).
For example, one variant states, “the person above triple gay”.
In mid-November 2017, the image (and variants thereof) started being posted on Tumblr.
The tweet stated that no one posted in the main chat for a couple days after that image was posted, presumably out of fear of being considered “triple gay”.
The image became viral after a tweet published on 12 November 2017 showed a screenshot of a Discord chat featuring the Cuphead image.
King Rice#6859 for helping us understand the origins!) The associated Imgur upload for the image can be found here ( archived link), which indeed confirms the 15 October 2017 creation date. King Rice#6859 of the Discord wrote to us that “as a joke people started a thing called ‘Gay Wars’” and that the image stating “the person below triple gay” was created as one of the “gay weapons.” In fact, the image was made by King Rice#6859 on 15 October 2017.
#THE PERSON BELOW IS A BIG GAY MEME UPDATE#
UPDATE (): We have been informed that the original image comes not from Instagram but from the Cuphead Discord.
For example, one account posted the image in 23 October 2017. However, the original image appears to have circulated among various meme Instagram accounts in late October 2017.
It is unclear when or whence the original captioned image appeared.
For example, the original image features Cuphead with the caption, “the person below triple gay”.
In instances of the meme, an image of Cuphead is often presented along with a caption that other users are “triple gay”.
This meme is primarily an image-based meme that typically features Cuphead, the titular character in the video game Cuphead.