Also called Wait, It’s All Ohio? · Two Astronauts · Astronaut with a Gun
One astronaut looks at Earth and discovers something surprising. The astronaut behind them already knew. Use the exchange for a realization that everyone else seems to have accepted long ago.
The first astronaut voices the discovery; the second treats it as old news. The joke works when something complicated turns out to be one very ordinary thing.
The planet can stand for a hobby, a system, or your own routine. You can describe the revelation in words without replacing the Earth image.
Know Your Meme documents a December 2016 Reddit drawing of two astronauts discovering a flat Earth as an early predecessor. An August 2018 imageboard version used America as the surprise, followed by an Ohio variation in October 2019. [1]
More realistic versions of the astronauts circulated in June 2020. That is the visual style used here: Earth on the left, a surprised observer in front, and a second astronaut behind with the familiar reply. [1]
A Reddit illustration pairs a discovery about Earth with a second astronaut’s ominous response. [1]
An imageboard post uses America as the unexpected revelation. [1]
An iFunny post helps spread the version associated with Ohio. [1]
The photographic-looking version becomes a widely reused template. [1]
Place the discovery above the smaller astronaut near the center. Put the reply on the larger astronaut’s suit on the right, below the flag.
“Wait, it’s all…” and “Always has been” are a useful starting pattern. Make the discovery specific enough that the reader recognizes the situation immediately.
Original captions to try with this template.
An impressive-looking operation turns out to depend on familiar spreadsheets.
Keeping up with laundry starts to feel like the entire routine.
The supposedly elaborate plan was organized around food from the start.
References for this template. Example captions are original.
Separates the earlier drawn versions from the realistic astronaut edits that spread in 2020.
