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The meme depicts a bald, glasses-wearing animated man in a business suit and red tie sitting in the passenger seat of a car. His facial expression gradually escalates from calm, neutral boredom to extreme wide-eyed shock, stunned disbelief, and deep dismay as the sequence progresses. The same caption appears above every segment, reading 'WHEN YOU'RE HAVING A GREAT TIME PLAYING A GAME, AND IT SUDDENLY ENDS', illustrating the relatable, disappointing feeling of being immersed in an enjoyable game only for it to end abruptly before you are ready to stop playing.
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WHEN YOU'RE HAVING A GREAT TIME PLAYING A GAME, AND IT SUDDENLY ENDS

Overview

The meme depicts a bald, glasses-wearing animated man in a business suit and red tie sitting in the passenger seat of a car. His facial expression gradually escalates from calm, neutral boredom to extreme wide-eyed shock, stunned disbelief, and deep dismay as the sequence progresses. The same caption appears above every segment, reading 'WHEN YOU'RE HAVING A GREAT TIME PLAYING A GAME, AND IT SUDDENLY ENDS', illustrating the relatable, disappointing feeling of being immersed in an enjoyable game only for it to end abruptly before you are ready to stop playing.

Origin notes

This meme was originally posted to the Reddit r/Meme subreddit with the title 'Sometimes happens'. The animation source material is a famous clip of a shocked character riding in a car from the 1988 Japanese animated cyberpunk film Akira. The imgflip.com watermark visible in the corner confirms the meme was created using the Imgflip online meme generator tool before being shared to Reddit for wider circulation.

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