The 'Pat Robertson's Gay AIDS Ring' meme originated from a 2013 broadcast of the Christian talk show 'The 700 Club.' During the segment, host Pat Robertson asserted that some gay men in San Francisco wore special rings with secret spikes intended to cut people during handshakes and transmit HIV. This baseless and homophobic claim was immediately met with ridicule and disbelief across the internet. The meme typically uses a screenshot of Robertson's stern expression or photoshopped images of 'spiked' jewelry to satirize moral panics, urban legends, and the outlandish rhetoric often found in televangelism. It remains a popular reference for mocking out-of-touch conspiracy theories.