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Sorry Not Sorry: Mosquito Bites Chemotherapy Patient Meme

This single-panel meme features text at the top reading 'mosquito after biting me when i tell him that he just took a sip of my chemotherapy', paired with a widely used reaction image of the NS-5 robot Sonny from the 2004 film *I, Robot* staring blankly ahead with wide, stunned eyes. The dark humor joke revolves around the punchline that chemotherapy is highly toxic to living cells, so the mosquito would be immediately horrified to learn it just ingested poisonous cancer treatment that will likely kill it. The original title of the Reddit post sharing this meme is 'Sorry not sorry'.
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mosquito after biting me when i tell him that he just took a sip of my chemotherapy

Overview

This single-panel meme features text at the top reading 'mosquito after biting me when i tell him that he just took a sip of my chemotherapy', paired with a widely used reaction image of the NS-5 robot Sonny from the 2004 film I, Robot staring blankly ahead with wide, stunned eyes. The dark humor joke revolves around the punchline that chemotherapy is highly toxic to living cells, so the mosquito would be immediately horrified to learn it just ingested poisonous cancer treatment that will likely kill it. The original title of the Reddit post sharing this meme is 'Sorry not sorry'.

Origin notes

This meme was originally shared on Reddit as noted in the provided source information, under the original title 'Sorry not sorry'. The reaction image used is a widely circulated screenshot of the character Sonny, an NS-5 robot from the 2004 sci-fi film I, Robot, from a scene where he displays a blank, stunned expression. This reaction image has been a popular meme template for many years, used to portray quiet shock, horror, or disbelief at unexpected negative information.

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