Remember the "Can this pickle get more fans than Nickelback" Facebook page (circa 2010)?

Social media popularity contests that pit a celebrity against a piece of food used to be a lot of fun. Now, a new hero has risen to take on evil: half an onion in a plastic bag.

I won't clog your feeds. I'm just here to get more followers than @realDonaldTrump & then hopefully be used on a hamburger or in an omelet.

— Half An Onion (@HalfOnionInABag) January 20, 2017

Now that we have actual Batman villains running our government, I was kind of hoping for – I don't know, maybe, Batman? But sometimes the great heroes we deserve are the ones we don't know we need. Or something.

The onion, not to be confused with satire site The Onion, has already amassed over 200,000 followers on Twitter (only about 21.6 million followers short of Trump's @realDonaldTrump account and 14.1 million followers short of Trump's @Potus account). This onion only needs 35.5 million more followers to pass Trump.

Can half an onion in a plastic bag get 36 million Twitter followers?

In the process of writing my first book: "Half Onion In A Bag: The Art of the Meal"

— Half An Onion (@HalfOnionInABag) January 21, 2017

Is half an onion in a plastic bag in serious contention for an election run in 2020? One thing is for certain: the media attention this onion is going to get is sure to piss off Mr. Trump. These are not alternative facts!

Experts are predicting at the rate the onion had been gaining followers virally, if no news outlets had written about it, it would have been nearly impossible. But now that it's being written about by major publications like @Popdust, @HalfOnionInABag is on track to break 40 million followers at some point before Trump is impeached for having business conflicts of interest.

It turns out @HalfOnionInABag is a master thrower of shade, as well:

Who wore it better? pic.twitter.com/kHSarXv9YW

— Half An Onion (@HalfOnionInABag) January 23, 2017

Stay tuned to Popdust. We'll keep you updated on Trump's impending Twitter feud with an onion.