The Corn Drill Challenge originated as a viral stunt on platforms like Vine and YouTube, where participants attempted to eat a cob of corn attached to a high-speed power drill. While the challenge was meant to show off speed-eating skills, it gained massive notoriety in 2016 after several high-profile fails, most notably a video of a woman accidentally ripping out a large patch of her hair when it got caught in the spinning drill. In the world of memes, the template is used to represent exceptionally poor decision-making or the exact moment someone realizes a 'brilliant' idea is actually a disaster. It serves as a visual metaphor for the inevitable and often painful consequences of ignoring common sense for the sake of a trend.