Users responded in droves to these videos with identical comments reading “goofy ahh sound,” with the meme peaking in 2022. It is particularly popular with videos containing loud snoring noises.

But a decade after artist K.C. Green drew the scene, that defeatist dog lives on as a viral meme — one that has, in a way, spoken to all of us. He appreciates new versions of the comic that ...

But the meme best known as “This Is Fine”—the one with the dog sipping from a mug as a fire rages around him—has lasted. It is now 10 years old, and it is somehow more relevant than ever.

In a 2020 interview with Know Your Meme, Sato said she was “very surprised” to see her dog become a viral sensation. “I was terrified at the thought that just one photo I had casually posted ...