Me After Saying It Is What It Is Reaction Meme
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me after saying it is what it is
Overview
This is a 4-panel collage meme made from different classic 19th-century oil paintings all depicting Ophelia from William Shakespeare's Hamlet, who drowned after falling into a river in a state of madness. Centered over the collage is the text "me after saying it is what it is". The humor comes from relatable self-deprecation: the phrase "it is what it is" is commonly used to dismiss and cope with situations that are unpleasant, unavoidable, and out of one's control, and the meme jokes that after saying this phrase, the speaker feels as defeated, exhausted, and lifeless as the drowned Ophelia shown in the artworks.
Origin notes
This meme is a user-created edit that remixes public domain classic fine artworks, shared via RSS feed from the X.com (formerly Twitter) account @meme.jpg. It is part of a wider trend of repurposing classic paintings for relatable reaction meme content, widely circulated across social media platforms including X, Instagram, and Reddit as a relatable expression of defeated coping.