It's The Wrong Way

This is what happens when mathematicians and statisticians discover pop culture! The meme plays with the mathematical convention of the Cartesian coordinate system, where X is typically horizontal and Y is vertical. But here, "Lil Nas X" is shown vertically while "Lil Nas Y" is horizontal—completely contradicting standard mathematical notation!

The bell curve at the bottom is the perfect finishing touch, suggesting that understanding this joke places you somewhere on the IQ distribution. The passionate arguments about whether the orientation refers to Nas himself or the image layout is exactly what happens when nerds debate trivial details while missing the joke entirely.

It's the intersection of math pedantry and internet humor that makes this so brilliant. René Descartes is probably rolling in his grave right now.