'8 billion people in the world but still memes are the reason why I smile': The funniest tweets about yesterday's global milestone

Ben Weiss • Writer and Editor

Nov 16, 2022 8:00 AM EST

8 billion people in this world and there's still no customer service representative available! 8 billion people and I had to live with this crazy roommate? 8 billion people and yet no one's getting back to me on Linkedin? Ok, you get the point.

In case you live under a rock, it was recently reported that the global population has now surpassed 8 billion people, and as you might expect, social media went wild with jokes about single life, the job market, and just general existential dread. Nothing like news about population growth if you want to feel small and insignificant. Or rather, if you want to feel less alone. Regardless of how you feel about this, we've rounded up the funniest tweets we came across yesterday, so keep scrolling below to take a look at what people had to say following this latest global milestone. For more compilations, check out these bizarre dating fails.