C'mon Do Something
Use when impatiently waiting for something to happen, work, or respond. Perfect for expressing frustration with technology, waiting for updates, or trying to make something happen that's not cooperating.
Dimensions: 448 × 519px
Format: Character poking something with a stick and saying "C'mon, do something." Label what's being poked and optionally what you want it to do.
📖 Origin Story
Source: White Ninja webcomic
Creator: White Ninja Comics
First appeared: Created in 2003 as merchandise for the White Ninja webcomic, showing the character poking a dead fish with a stick. Became a meme template in 2015-2017.
The image was used as merchandise and website header for years before becoming a meme. Went viral in April 2017 on Reddit's r/dankmemes with posts about poking flags saying "c'mon, do a world war." Spread rapidly as a format for expressing impatience.
🎯 How to Use This Template
Use when impatiently waiting for something to happen, work, or respond. Perfect for expressing frustration with technology, waiting for updates, or trying to make something happen that's not cooperating.
Pro Tips:
- 💡Best when the thing being poked is unresponsive or slow
- 💡Works for technology, people, situations, or abstract concepts
- 💡The impatience and futility are key to the humor
- 💡Can be used literally or metaphorically
😂 Example Ideas
Waiting for unresponsive technology to work
Trying to summon energy to start the week
Waiting impatiently for investments to move
💡 Did You Know?
- •White Ninja Comics ran from 2002-2008 as a popular stick-figure webcomic
- •The original image showed a dead fish, making the futility even more apparent
- •This became particularly popular in sports memes (poking team logos)
- •The phrase "c'mon do something" perfectly captures impotent frustration
