The 'Cancel Culture Gun' meme serves as a visual metaphor for the swift and often disproportionate nature of online backlash. It typically depicts a firearm—labeled as 'Cancel Culture'—pointed at a target representing a celebrity, a brand, or an unearthed social media post from a decade ago. This template rose to prominence during the height of digital accountability movements, used by internet users to satirize the 'firing squad' mentality of social media platforms like X (formerly Twitter). The meme highlights the tension between social justice and performative outrage, often used to joke about how no one is safe from the digital receipts of their past.