Don't You Squidward
Express feeling left out while watching others enjoy themselves. Perfect for FOMO, social exclusion, or being unable to participate in something fun.
Dimensions: 500 × 333px
Format: Squidward looking out window at SpongeBob and Patrick having fun | Label characters to show who's excluded and who's having fun
📖 Origin Story
Source: SpongeBob SquarePants episode "That Sinking Feeling"
Creator: Unknown Tumblr user
First appeared: December 2013 on Tumblr, popularized 2017
Squidward looking jealously out his window at SpongeBob and Patrick having fun became the format for expressing FOMO and social exclusion.
🎯 How to Use This Template
Express feeling left out while watching others enjoy themselves. Perfect for FOMO, social exclusion, or being unable to participate in something fun.
Pro Tips:
- 💡Squidward represents the excluded party
- 💡SpongeBob and Patrick are those having fun
- 💡Can be literal social situations or abstract concepts
😂 Example Ideas
Economic FOMO
The viral tweet format that popularized the meme
Gaming console wars application
💡 Did You Know?
- •From the episode "That Sinking Feeling" which aired July 8th, 2010
- •Originally used as a simple reaction image before becoming an exploitable
- •One of many popular SpongeBob meme formats
