“This is fine,” he said, to no one in particular. 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.

The Apple Dog meme, also known as the Dog With Apple or Dog With Apple In Mouth meme, was first posted by @brokenbyrds on X, whose Nov. 15, 2023, post went viral with over 6.5K retweets and 28K ...

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.

According to the Know Your Meme website, the doge meme featured the Shiba Inu in photos that “may be photoshopped to change the dog’s face or captioned with interior monologues in Comic Sans ...