The Mood Meter

Submission 23,374

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About

The Mood Meter is an exploitable graph template in which the X-axis ranges from "unpleasant" to "pleasant" and the Y-axis ranges from "low energy" to "high energy." The graph's square is then typically filled with varying memes and catchphrases by meme creators, most often the phrases Fuck It, We Ball, It's So Over and We're So Fucking Back. The original graph showed multiple emotions and was shared on Instagram, later becoming a trending meme on the app, as well as on iFunny, in early 2023.

Origin

On January 16th, 2022, the original "The Mood Meter" image was shared on Instagram^[1] by the user @thepresentpsychologist, earning roughly 42,400 likes in one year (shown below). The graph's X-axis ranges from "unpleasant" to "pleasant" and its Y-axis ranges from "low energy" to "high energy." Contained within the graph were varying emotions.

Spread

After the image's virality on Instagram, it spread across social media platforms. For instance, on February 22nd, 2022, the graph was posted to Reddit's /r/coolguides^[2] sub by Redditor regian24, where it received roughly 23,500 upvotes in one year. On March 8th, the graph was featured in a BuzzFeed ^[3] listicle based on the /r/coolguides subreddit.

About a year later, on March 2nd, 2023, "The Mood Meter" graph was reposted by iFunnyer^[4] @Maybe_MaybeNot, gaining roughly 20,800 smiles in three weeks. The repost inspired meme creators on the platform to re-edit the graph's contents, essentially starting the meme template. On March 3rd, iFunnyer^[5] @SweatyToeCheese posted a re-edit reading, "I'm Fine" and "Suicidal," gaining roughly 3,900 smiles in three weeks (shown below, left). Also on March 3rd, iFunnyer^[6] @Joe_McDipshit shared an iteration reading, "Bitches love my mustache," earning over 480 smiles in three weeks (shown below, right).

Going into March 2023, various meme creators on iFunny and elsewhere remixed "The Mood Meter" graph. For instance, on March 24th, 2023, iFunnyer^[7] @Imleavingat2000days posted an iteration with text reading, "Fuck it, We ball," "We're So Back" and "it's so over," earning roughly 13,900 smiles in five days (shown below).

Thereafter, similar memes were shared on Instagram^[8]^[9] and Twitter.^[10]