The 'Democracy Manifest' or 'Succulent Chinese Meal' meme originated from a 1991 news segment featuring the arrest of a man named Jack Karlson outside a Chinese restaurant in Fortitude Valley, Queensland. Karlson’s theatrical and articulate resistance—delivered in a booming, quasi-operatic voice—turned a standard police procedure into internet gold decades later. His lines about 'democracy manifest' and 'a succulent Chinese meal' have become legendary catchphrases used to satirize situations involving authority, over-the-top reactions, or any form of perceived injustice. The meme serves as a celebration of eccentricity and the sheer absurdity of viral Australian culture, resurfacing periodically as a beloved piece of digital folklore.