Anyone annoyed yet with the obscene amount of “What I really do” images popping up all over Facebook?  Don’t worry, you’re not the only one.  If you’re one of the only people in the world who hasn’t seen them yet, let me clue you in.  The memes focus on a specific job and then use images to illustrate how that job is perceived by different groups and individuals compared to what the job actually entails.

The first “What I really do” meme is credited to artist Garnet Hertz.  He created one depicting preconceived notions about contemporary artists and posted it to his Facebook page on February 2, 2012.  That’s right– the first one was created just over 2 weeks ago.  It’s shocking just how fast a trend can spread on social media these days.  Here’s a graph analyzing Google searches for the topic over the last 30 days:

Obviously, this trend’s popularity spiked extremely fast and looks like it may already be on the way out– which seems to be the unfortunate fate of most social media trends.  They’ve spread easily since they are extremely easy to make and can be applied to numerous topics.  The themes of the memes range from humor, jobs, and politics.  Mashable put together a great compilation of the best job-themed memes.

Despite the unbelievable viral growth of these images, the general response to them appears to be negative– at least judging from my own experience.  What do you think?  Are these memes fun, insightful, or just obnoxious?  Do you have a favorite?  Please share below!