youtube, / why must you change?
A Whyyy??? post.
A rage comic face screaming in anguish, eyes squeezed shut, mouth stretched into a long "WHYYYY". It comes from the rage comic style of simple drawn faces that spread online around 2008 to 2010. The caption describes a small, painfully unfair moment, and the face supplies the scream. The more trivial the tragedy, the better it works. "Drop my phone on my face in bed" / "WHYYYY." "Vending machine eats my last coin" / "WHYYYY." "Microwave stops at 0:01" / "Because I didn't open it in time." Spoilers on the front page and a sock getting wet on a kitchen floor are also strong contenders. There's no dignity here, and that's the point. Nobody screams "why" at the big stuff. The big stuff gets quiet sighing. It's the dropped toast and the missed bus that deserve a full operatic performance. **Why it caught on:** small disasters deserve a big reaction, and this face does it for you.