About
Kill Yourself, also known in plural as Kill Yourselves (if more than one person is involved), depicts a man dressed in a suit and giving off a “stop” gesture with his hand. The meme is commonly used in chat rooms and social networking sites in response to incompetent and/or pathetic remarks, statements, or images, with the purpose of telling those who it is directed at that they should just kill themselves for having said or done something so pathetic.
Origin
The exact origin of the meme is currently unknown, however it is believed that it began through this image:
The image depicts a young teenager proposing to his girlfriend with a pair of sneakers, with the added captions “will you swag me?” and “omg yolo”, clearly poking fun at the use of the “Swag” and “YOLO” memes. The image was uploaded onto Facebook on several pages, predominantly “sick jokes” ones, where they obtained thousands of likes and comments.
Spread
If the image above is indeed the first instance of the meme being used, the use of it on Facebook increased rapidly, with one early example being a status update by one “Stif Benitez”. In the status, Stif describes how he would have intercourse with a woman. Having 103,038 subscribers at the time, the individual who placed the Kill Yourself meme below it also added the caption “103,038 people subscribed to this c*nt?” above the “Kill Yourselves.” caption.