The 'Pearl Hates the Irish' meme is an absurdist shitpost featuring the character Pearl from the animated series Steven Universe. The meme typically utilizes a specific freeze-frame where Pearl appears to be shouting or expressing intense disdain, paired with captions that attribute a bizarre and nonsensical xenophobia toward Irish people to her. Despite the original show being entirely wholesome and unrelated to such topics, the stark juxtaposition between Pearl's elegant, poised personality and the aggressive, random nature of the text turned it into a viral hit on Tumblr and Twitter. It is frequently used in surreal humor circles to parody the randomness of internet outrage and historical grievances.