Did the art editors at New York Times Magazine know that their unreal “Planet Hillary” cover was a Photoshop comedian’s dream come true? Because it really seems that way.

A sentient space testicle? MT @davidjoachim Hillary Rodham Clinton, as you’ve never seen her…. pic.twitter.com/C2lzdz3reC — Luke O’Neil (@lukeoneil47) January 23, 2014

Just like that, a meme was born.



GIF via Ben Rosen

A meme that would pair nicely with other memes, too—and not just Hillary-based ones.

Texts from Planet Hillary: pic.twitter.com/xUT7wrGm5X — Eli Langer (@EliLanger) January 23, 2014

There were some other pop-cultural comparisons.

So… did that Planet Hillary NYT Mag cover make anyone else think of Doctor Who’s Cassandra? cc: @TwitchyTeam pic.twitter.com/BXKFL9xNqA — Katherine Cresto (@kcresto) January 23, 2014

Oh no! What happened on Planet Hillary? pic.twitter.com/FHQgcdd6F5 — Kimberly C (@conkc2) January 23, 2014

The planetoid image also proved instrumental in news-of-the-moment mashups, because can a Justin Bieber mugshot and hideous winter Olympics uniforms ever make things worse?

pic.twitter.com/QTqNbXsZ0v — Adam Frucci (@frucci) January 23, 2014

Submitted for re-approval: A mashup of all photos on my timeline today. cc: @BriTheWebGuy pic.twitter.com/0hxxvNoo1s — Mick (@swasko) January 23, 2014

And the meme-ification begins RT @christofear Miley and Hillary on NYT Mag cover. how weird pic.twitter.com/ka8qwmfY1F — Scott Bixby (@scottbix) January 23, 2014

Poor Hillary Clinton. Does she truly deserve to be lumped in with these other disgraceful stories, just because she’s had her face digitally altered into a celestial sphere? Of course not—but that doesn’t mean we’ll ever stop laughing.

Photo via davidjoachim/Twitter