The 'Annoyed Bird' meme is based on a four-panel webcomic by artist Joshua Barkman, better known as False Knees. Originally published in 2016, the comic depicts a small, peaceful chickadee singing a sweet tune until a massive crow suddenly arrives and shouts over it with a deafening 'CAW'. The meme serves as a perfect visual metaphor for being interrupted, overwhelmed, or having one's peaceful moment ruined by something loud, intrusive, or unsolicited. It gained massive popularity across Reddit and Twitter as a highly relatable way to illustrate everything from daily annoyances and anxiety to polarizing political debates where one side simply shouts over the other.