Overwhelming Regret After Smashing Game Controller In Rage
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Me after smashing my controller in a fit of rage
Overview
This is a classical art remix meme. The top of the image has bold text that reads 'Me after smashing my controller in a fit of rage', overlaid on a crop of Ilya Repin's famous 1885 painting 'Ivan the Terrible and His Son Ivan'. The painting depicts a horrified, guilt-ridden Tsar Ivan the Terrible holding the bloodied, fatally injured body of his son, whom he just struck in an outburst of anger. The meme uses the extreme, overwhelming regret visible on Ivan the Terrible's face as a humorous exaggeration of the immediate, intense regret gamers feel right after breaking their video game controller out of frustration with a game.
Origin notes
This meme was sourced from a Reddit Meme RSS feed, as specified. It uses a popular remix format that repurposes well-known historical or classical art by adding relatable modern text about everyday moments of impulsive anger followed by regret, and was shared on Reddit's meme-focused subcommunities.