Topline The viral “Ohio” social media meme—used to describe something as weird—has rapidly grown in popularity and gained a total of 10.2 million likes, comments, shares and other ...

Welcome to the absurdity of the “always has been” meme, also known as the “Wait, it’s all Ohio?” meme, which found its form in 2018 and has been a surreal staple of the internet ever since.

The idea went viral, making the rounds on Tumblr, Reddit, Twitter, and Instagram. By 2019, this Ohio-centric joke had also evolved into the “ Wait, it’s all Ohio? Always has been ” meme.

A 2016 post on Tumbler went viral, launching Ohio into meme stardom. The image showed a broken bus stop's marquee that read, "Ohio will be eliminated," according to Yahoo.