Bill Cosby Asks Internet to 'Meme' Him; Twitter Responds With Rape Allegations

Tweeting 'Go ahead. Meme me!' is rarely a good idea, but it's particularly stupid when you're a celebrity who's been accused of raping 13 women. Nevertheless, Bill Cosby posted that message on Monday afternoon, along with a link to a meme generator on his website, where users could choose one of 12 photos and type their own text. The memes had to be submitted for approval, but unfortunately for Cosby's PR team, most internet users know how to take a screenshot. The results tweeted under the hashtag #CosbyMeme were definitely not what the 77-year-old comedian had in mind.

I can't hear you. #CosbyMeme http://ift.tt/1u3gI1z

- Sean Campbell (@Melanism) November 10, 2014

#CosbyMeme Oh Boy! http://ift.tt/10SHBJV

- E.J. Coughlin (@ejc) November 10, 2014

Trying out #CosbyMeme! http://t.co/ddtcHsQo3Z! http://ift.tt/1EmJLhV

- Jesse Thorn (@JesseThorn) November 10, 2014

#CosbyMeme http://ift.tt/149iHrm

- jujoffer (@jujoffer) November 10, 2014

How's this @BillCosby? http://ift.tt/1u32xK1

- Henster (@Soft_Serve) November 10, 2014

.@russbengtson @BillCosby Top of the mornin to ya. http://ift.tt/1GKyM5J

- Pete Forester (@pete_forester) November 10, 2014

Be Careful what you wish for. #CosbyMeme http://ift.tt/1GKyM5L

- sideshowRaheem (@sideshowRaheem) November 10, 2014

This one should easily get approved! #CosbyMeme http://ift.tt/10SHCO3

- Jake Currie (@jakecurrie) November 10, 2014

Within a few hours Cosby's tweet had been deleted and the link for the meme generator had been removed from his website. However, it appears the PR team could not figure out how to prevent tweets referencing the incident from automatically showing up at the bottom of the site.

The allegations against Cosby first emerged a decade ago, though the women described incidents dating back to the '70s. Until recently his team would have been right to assume that the world had forgotten, or did not want to think about the possibility that Dr. Huxtable drugged and sexually assaulted many women. However, many people made aware of the abuse claims just a few weeks ago when this clip of Hannibal Buress calling Cosby a rapist went viral.

And this is why it's so important to know your meme.