The 'Would You Rather Have a Gay Son or X' meme gained massive traction on TikTok and Twitter through street interview clips where interviewers posed increasingly absurd binary choices. Originally rooted in serious social discussions, the internet quickly subverted the format by replacing the second option with ridiculous rewards like 'a dinner with Jay-Z' or 'a $5 gift card to Arby's.' It mocks the logic of hypothetical moral dilemmas by weighing personal values against materialistic or nonsensical gains. Today, it’s used to highlight the absurdity of modern man-on-the-street content and the internet's obsession with choosing between two completely unrelated outcomes.