
Holding a historical figure in high regard is not uncommon, but this new Twittertrend makes sure you not only remember them but place them within a 21st-century context.
Okay, maybe it’s not quite as sincere as that. Nevertheless, the results are hilarious.
Taking a format of ‘RIP [famous historical person], you would have loved [niche facet of modern culture]’, one of the top tweets encapsulates it perfectly because I’m sure the inventor of electricity would have loved the song Electricity by Dua Lipa (not just because it’s a great tune).
Benjamin Franklin
RIP Benjamin Franklin you would have loved Electricity by Dua Lipa— ✨ (@✨) 1616521413
King Henry VIII
The British King who is most well known for having six wives (as well as setting up the Church of England) probably would have loved the swipe-through dating app. I wonder what his bio would have been.
Marie Antoinette
A reality show pivoting on the creation of extravagant cakes? The 18th-century French queen would have loved it, except she may have decreed the slogan is changed to “let them eat cake”.
RIP Marie Antoinette you would have loved Cake Boss— 🦋🎉 (@🦋🎉) 1616558442
Read more:
- TikTok user’s bikini pic accidentally features an X-rated optical illusion
- White headmaster forces black student to apologise the ‘African way’
- Uber passenger who coughed on driver faces up to 16 years in jail
- People are hijacking the Joe Biden fall hashtag to make an important point
Karl Marx
Not only does the song provide a great reading backing track to Das Capital, it’s also just an amazing song.
rip karl marx he would have loved money money money by abba— moved to @belljaur (@moved to @belljaur) 1616463218
Julius Ceasar
Who doesn’t want to share their name with a salad?
rip julius caesar i know u would have loved the salad😔🙏— 💫 ☀️ (@💫 ☀️) 1616455254
Steve Irwin
Okay, it is definitely the only one that brought a tear to my eye.
Dorian Gray
rip dorian gray i just know you would have loved the anti aging cream— dorian gray’s last brain cell (@dorian gray’s last brain cell) 1616428292
Achilles
Joan of Arc
RIP Joan of arc you would have loved Lorde— Lizzie Logan (@Lizzie Logan) 1616464280
F. Scott Fitzgerald
RIP F. Scott Fitzgerald, you would have loved “Green Light” by Lorde— it’s just meera (@it’s just meera) 1616470397
Jesus
RIP Jesus. You would have loved Christmas.— Dad to the Bone (@Dad to the Bone) 1616477142
Princess Diana
RIP Princess Diana, I know you would have loved 5 for a fiver Easter eggs in the big Tesco— Karole (@Karole) 1616071782
Martin Luther
The radical German priest would have definitely flourished with all of today’s mod-cons.
Elliot Smith
A very sincere one about the tragic singer-songwriter
Dinosaurs
RIP dinosaurs, you would have loved what they've done with chicken nuggets.— Mom Meh Dearest🤦🏼♀️ (@Mom Meh Dearest🤦🏼♀️) 1616533190
William Shakespeare
rip shakespeare, i know you would have loved the ‘you know i get it’ speech— bibble anna❤️🔥 (@bibble anna❤️🔥) 1616515059
Michel Foucault
Would the famed philosopher have been a fan of the notoriously derided Netflix series Emily in Paris?
rip Foucault, you would have loved Emily in Paris.— Rajiv (@Rajiv) 1616517522
Edgar Allen Poe
RIP edgar allen poe you would have loved neon genisis evangelion— auggie (@auggie) 1616351752
Isaac Newton
Archimedes might have been a better choice for this but lets not get too pedantic.
rip isaac newton you would have loved waterparks https://t.co/OmlxQjxGI7— beck / gabe 𓆗 (@beck / gabe 𓆗) 1616558235
More: Rapper Moneybagg Yo has responded to Joe Biden’s ‘Moneybagg Joe’ meme—and I can’t stop laughing