5 Realizations When You Learn An Egg Is Most Liked Pic On Instagram

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When a picture of an egg gets over 40 million likes on Instagram, one could start to reflect on the meaning of life.

Of course, I’m talking about the curvaceous brown item that was determined to break an Instagram record this month.

If you haven’t been up to speed, an account with the IG handle @world_record_egg was started in early January and it appears its sole purpose was to top a record set by Kylie Jenner.

According to Time, back in 2018, she set the record for the most liked Instagram post when she posted a picture of her newborn daughter Stormi in February. The picture racked up over 18 million likes, making Kylie a world record holder.

But one audacious egg had other plans.

The account @world_record_egg posted a picture of a basic brown egg on January 4 with the caption, “Let’s set a world record together and get the most liked post on Instagram. Beating the current world record held by Kylie Jenner (18 million)! We got this.”

The Internet show up and showed out.

According to The New York Times, by Sunday, January 13,  the egg photo had surpassed Kylie’s record and as of Tuesday, January 15, the photo has been liked over 42 MILLION TIMES.

Kylie was mad.

She jokingly posted a clip of herself cracking a brown egg on IG.

https://www.instagram.com/p/BsmPezCnZ4I/

According to Time, the egg is the first non-human to break into Instagram’s top 20 most popular posts.

The breakfast item has even inspired imitators, with a non-related Twitter account called @egg_rt_record trying to break the record for most retweets ever (the current record holder is Yusaku Maezawa who has over 5 million retweets).

Then, of course, the IG egg also inspired some parodies…

A lot of existential conclusions can be made from this popular egg. Hit the next pages to peep five realizations you might have when an edible object gets more likes than you on Instagram.

Friends are trash

Sometimes when you post a bomb pic on IG, you’re hoping, even yearning, that it’ll get a ton of likes from your “friends.”

Or you might hope that the cutie you’ve been crushing on will give it a double tap and it’ll be worth all the likes in the world.

But some friends won’t like your pics if their social media life depended on it.

Meanwhile, this EGG has gotten likes from the most random people. Go to the egg pic now and see if any of your friends have liked it.

I’ll wait.

At least one “friend” liked it, no?

Friends suck.

There’s people out there that really don’t like Kylie Jenner

Some people probably liked this egg just for the pure randomness of it all. But let’s face it, other people probably really hate Kylie Jenner.

It wouldn’t be a surprise. The Kardashian-Jenner clan takes up way too much space in pop culture than we probably should allow them to…especially when they’ve been accused of stealing and appropriation multiple times.

But does this festering hatred translate to egg domination?

The numbers speak volumes.

Brown eggs are winning in 2019

Sorry whites, the brown and beautiful are taking over in 2019!

The debate of white eggs vs. brown eggs has gone to many heated places. However, studies have shown that there’s no major nutritional difference between the two food times.

So now, it just comes down to color preference.

And let’s face it…

Brown is beautiful.

No hard feelings white egg eaters.

Food in general just makes people happy

There’s a reason the most liked picture on Instagram isn’t a pen, or a chair, or some other mundane item.

When people see an egg, they think breakfast, they think of the smell of food waking them up in the morning.

It’s a universal item that can get you in the right mood to start your day!

All the rest of us are trying too hard on Instagram

If you find yourself finding the right angle, the right lighting and the right filter to make your IG pics poppin’, just remember…

An egg has over 40 million views on IG.

Relax.

You’ll make it work.