A person can open their phone feeling perfectly fine and put it down twenty minutes later with a vague sense that something is missing. Perhaps they are not successful enough. Not attractive enough. Not productive enough. Not interesting enough. The feeling is often difficult to describe because nothing specific happened. Nobody insulted them. Nobody told …
Fun fact: during major global crises, meme creation often spikes faster than official news updates — sometimes within minutes of an event trending online. That tells us something about our times. Before politicians speak, before news anchors adjust their ties, someone somewhere has already turned the moment into a meme. And that is exactly what …