Work
The calendar catches up
The approaching date is impossible to ignore, even before it arrives.
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- The approaching problem
- The deadline
- Who has to face it
- Me
Here It Comes: Tornado Selfie Meme Template
The format
What does Here It Comes: Tornado Selfie mean?
Also called Tornado Selfie · Australian Man Attempts to Walk to the Store · Here It Comes
A man looks into the camera with a tornado behind him. Label the approaching problem and the person about to face it for a joke about trouble that is clearly on its way.
The threat is visible before it arrives. The subject can see it coming and still appears to have no useful response beyond acknowledging the situation.
It suits deadlines, a growing pile of chores, or a flood of messages after time away. The huge storm makes an ordinary inconvenience feel comically inevitable.
Origin
A staged tornado selfie promotes a disaster film.
The video was made by The Woolshed Company for a campaign promoting Into the Storm. It was posted to the Terry Tufferson YouTube account on August 19, 2014. The tornado scene is a produced promotion, not a record of someone standing in a real approaching tornado. [2] [1]
A still circulated on Reddit that October. Walking-to-the-store captions followed in 2016, and a February 2019 Tumblr example labeled the man and tornado as a person and an approaching life event. [2]
How the meme spread
The promotional video is uploaded
A staged outback selfie attracts attention online. [2]
The still appears on Reddit
The dramatic frame circulates separately from the video. [2]
Walking-to-the-store captions appear
The scene becomes an exaggerated joke about an ordinary trip. [2]
An approaching-event comparison is documented
Labels turn the man and tornado into a general reaction format. [2]
Caption guide
Name what is coming and who has to deal with it.
Put the incoming problem over the tornado on the left. Label the person near the bottom right, below his face.
Choose something already expected rather than a complete surprise. The image says the problem is approaching and the speaker knows it.
- The approaching problem
- Across the tornado at the left.
- Who has to face it
- Below the face in the lower-right corner.
- The tornado is the incoming problem.
- The man is the person facing it.
- Keep the eyes and mouth visible.
- Use short labels so the storm remains recognizable.
Here It Comes: Tornado Selfie examples
Original captions to try with this template.
Home
The weekend has a plan of its own
The saved-up chores threaten the free day before it starts.
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- The approaching problem
- A week of laundry
- Who has to face it
- My day off
Daily life
Opening the group chat after a break
A short absence turns into an overwhelming amount to catch up on.
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- The approaching problem
- 300 unread messages
- Who has to face it
- Me after a nap
Related formats
Try another way to tell the joke.
Sources2 references
References for this template. Example captions are original.
- Into the Storm campaign: JCDecaux Australia
A campaign partner confirms that the outback selfie was part of the film promotion.
- Tornado Selfie / Here It Comes: Know Your Meme
Documents the upload, early still-image circulation, and later caption formats.