AboutWhat does the meme depict?
The 'Are You Going to Sleep?' meme features a two-panel webcomic by Hanna Hillam. In the first panel, a brain, depicted as a separate, floating entity, asks a person lying in bed, "Are you going to sleep?" The person, annoyed, responds, "Yes I am. Now Shut Up." In the second panel, the brain makes a disturbing or unsettling statement that causes the person to become wide awake and distressed. This format is typically used to depict intrusive thoughts or unexpected realizations that prevent one from sleeping.
OriginWho did it first?
The 'Are You Going to Sleep?' meme originated from a webcomic posted on Buzzfeed by Hanna Hillam on June 12th, 2017. The comic captures a humorous yet relatable scenario where the author's brain disrupts her attempt to sleep by exclaiming, "Think about all the ways you could get murdered!" This imagery sparked the meme's format, where the brain's alarming or quirky statements keep the main character, and vicariously the audience, amusingly alert.[1]
Origin: 2017