Yes, some ludicrous conspiracies should be called out, but the Gates’ divorce already has QAnon adherents spinning up new ideas, and vaccine hesitancy fueled by misinformation is a huge problem. The caption shows Gates searching for “vaccinated single women in my area.” It would be funny if it wasn’t a riff on the conspiracy theory that Gates’ Covid-19 vaccine efforts were some scheme to implant people with microchips. One of the more popular memes to arise since the couple announced their split on Monday shows Bill Gates at a computer and pictures of several women touching vaccine injection sites on their shoulders. They’re not splashy celebs, and treating them as such just feels off. The Gateses, though, mostly just use all that tech money for philanthropy-the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation devotes millions to eradicating disease and tackling economic inequality. If a Kardashian goes through a breakup, sure, it’s normal for the internet to react to the relationship woes of one of its own.

Despite being deeply entrenched in tech, this is not a couple that’s very online.

The chances of them seeing these memes let alone getting butt-hurt about them are slim to none. It has surprised me how many people think I didnt get the meme. Bill and Melinda Gates are two very wealthy people with a lot of important things to do. I think you could easily argue that memes have power and carry meaning, and therefore.

So much butthurt meme