This is the new “Kim, there’s people that are dying” meme

After 2 weeks of multiple health screens and asking everyone to quarantine, I have discovered that nothing much has changed since Kim Kardashian lost her diamond earring in the ocean. She can still be detached from the rest of the world. A world going through a horrible pandemic.

On social media, Kim recently shared her 40th birthday tropical getaway. As people are stuck at home, naming the cracks on their ceiling or going through the most heartbreaking experiences, Kim is living it up on a private island. The rules do not apply to Kim even if the United States sees the highest rate of COVID-19 infections and deaths, economies plunge into recession, and mental health troubles reach alarming levels. Among many, many other pressing problems.

Trying to dodge the criticism, she talks about how thankful she is for her life. It hasn’t worked as multiple platforms put out think pieces and call out articles. You’re currently reading this one that I’m writing in the comfort of my private home office cramped between my closet and kitchen. I guess it’s really Kim’s world, and I’m just living in it.

Vox goes in at Kim’s lavish birthday extravaganza in a piece entitled, “Kim Kardashian’s Performative Quarantine.” It perfectly sums up how we are not the same to rich people: “When Kim Kardashian acknowledges how wonderful and blessed her life is, for instance, what should that really mean? That she has the bare minimum amount of societal awareness to note that not everyone in the world can host an impromptu surprise private island getaway for their dozens of friends? Okay!”

Social media has fired back in the best way it knows how: taking Kim’s tweet, meant to preempt criticisms over violating health protocols, into a meme.

https://twitter.com/aishatyler/status/1321685365032300545

https://twitter.com/spooky_t0fu/status/1321446015157833728

“Kim, there’s people that are dying,” uttered by Kim’s older sister Kourtney Kardashian at a previous island trip all those years ago didn’t stick, apparently. Ironic how the best way to shut down Karens who repost “The world is healing” as we go through the disaster of 2020 is also the perfect reaction to Kim working on her tan.

What will it take for Kim to understand what she’s done? Another letter from a city mayor?

Only Kim can play at the extremes. Tone-deaf influencer today, when last week she was the insightful, relatable freedom fighter on My Next Guest Needs No Introduction with David Letterman. 

Without missing a beat and staying true to who she is, would you forgive her if she posted photos from her birthday with a message to vote?

Err…

Photo courtesy of @kimkardashian