The 'Current Objective: Survive' meme originates from the final mission of the 2010 video game Halo: Reach, titled 'Lone Wolf.' Unlike typical game levels, this mission concludes with a bleak, impossible-to-complete objective displayed on the player's HUD as their character, Noble Six, faces an endless onslaught of enemies. It represents a situation where failure is inevitable, and the only goal is to endure for as long as possible. The gaming community adopted the HUD text as a reaction image to describe overwhelming real-life scenarios, such as final exams, awkward social gatherings, or difficult workdays where the only realistic goal is to simply make it to the end.