Which Is Gayer? — Which is Gayer meme template showing a rainbow pride flag labeled 'being lgbt' next to blurred text comparing it to an unseen pair.

Which Is Gayer?

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Published November 13, 2026

Which Is Gayer? is a side-by-side comparison meme that pits 'being gay' against some petty fandom crime and asks viewers to pick the worse option. First posted on iFunny in February 2020, the joke flipped slur logic back onto people who argue about anime power levels or console loyalty. By mid-2021, LGBTQ Instagram pages and r/beastars were running their own fandom-specific editions.

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Overview

Each image splits the screen with 'WHAT IS GAYER?' or 'WHICH IS GAYER?' at the top and two labeled columns underneath. The left column goes to a stock option such as 'Literally being gay' paired with a tame illustration, often two anime girls kissing1. The right column names some mundane but irritating behavior the poster wants to mock, with a wordy caption describing it in exasperated detail3.

The punchline leans on reclaiming 'gay' as a schoolyard insult and turning it back on the people who talk that way. A poster puts up genuine queerness as the bland, obvious answer, then argues that whatever nerdy obsession sits on the right is objectively worse. Which Is Gayer? edits keep the same two-panel skeleton but swap in whichever fandom crime fits, from PS4 vs. Xbox arguments to furry debates to Beastars character disputes24.

Origin & Background

Platform
iFunny / Instagram (viral spread)
Creator
Zeromelon
Date
2020

The earliest known Which Is Gayer? post came from iFunny user Zeromelon on February 19th, 20201. Their image asked 'WHAT IS GAYER?' with two options: 'Literally being gay' next to two kissing anime girls, and 'Thinking an Anime character is better that the other just because he's more powerful haha fucking idiots' on the other side3.

The target was powerscalers, fans who rank fictional characters by combat strength, with the joke presenting their arguments as less socially acceptable than actual same-sex attraction3.

How It Spread

On February 26th, 2020, Instagram user @vaporman.wave photoshopped the right half into a picture of an Xbox One and a PlayStation 4, captioned 'arguing over which console is better in 2020'2. That edit picked up over 2,300 likes and set the template for console war versions.

Fandom-specific editions followed into 2021. Reddit user u/Lord_Onion_Star posted a Beastars edition to r/beastars on January 31st, 2021, which earned over 2,200 upvotes4. On May 24th, 2021, Instagram page @mentallylgbtq reshared a version originally made by @thats.a.lotta.gays that collected over 58,000 likes5. Know Your Meme catalogued the format that year as an exploitable centered on fandom self-mockery3.

Timeline

2020-02-19

IFunny user Zeromelon posts the first known 'WHAT IS GAYER?' image, pitting being gay against anime powerscaling arguments[1].

2020-02-26

Instagram user @vaporman.wave photoshops the right option into an Xbox One vs. PS4 image mocking console wars[2].

2021-01-31

Redditor u/Lord_Onion_Star posts a Beastars edition to r/beastars that earns over 2,200 upvotes[4].

2021-05-24

Instagram page @mentallylgbtq reshares a version by @thats.a.lotta.gays that gathers over 58,000 likes[5].

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