some have declared a full-blown “Meme Drought,” dubbing it the “Great Meme Depression of 2025.” The panic began on March 10, when user @goofangel posted a video titled “TikTok Great ...

Or did he panic in order to become a meme? He might not even know anymore, but the Raptors sure did, which is why their social-media team immediately put the moment on their official Instagram.

But as is often the case, even the most emotional of scenes can be stripped of their context and turned into a meme. A photoset featuring three different angles of Joel’s panic attacks—the top ...