Mr. Stark, I Don't Feel So Good Meme Generator
Your phone says 1%, three turns from the restaurant, and then mid-direction says nothing at all. You are now walking with confidence in an unknown direction.
The work laptop starts making a new noise the Friday before the deadline. Not a loud noise. A polite, apologetic whirr, like someone clearing their throat before bad news.
Day three of the new diet. At 4pm you're standing in the kitchen eating grated cheese out of the bag, slowly, making eye contact with nobody.
The houseplant you got for Christmas drops one leaf a day. You water it. It drops two. It isn't a plant any more, it's a countdown.
Why it caught on: Peter Parker's quiet goodbye at the end of Avengers: Infinity War (2018) left cinemas silent, and within days the line was on everything slowly falling apart.