Meme lore
What is the Waiting Skeleton meme?
This dark-humor reaction template depicts a human skeleton that appears to have been waiting on a park bench for an impossibly long time. Add a short setup in the top caption and the delayed outcome, absent person, or still-unfulfilled promise in the bottom caption.
Origin & history
The template uses a photograph of a human skeleton posed on an outdoor wooden bench. Its meme meaning comes from the visual exaggeration: an ordinary wait has lasted until the person is reduced to bones. The exact source and spread history of this particular photograph are unclear.
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