The Doomer Thought Chains meme serves as a visual flowchart for the 'spiral'—the process of a single, often minor, event leading to a sequence of increasingly pessimistic and nihilistic thoughts. It features the Doomer, a Wojak variant representing a disillusioned young man in a beanie, acting as the protagonist of these mental loops. Emerging from internet subcultures and message boards, the template mocks the tendency to over-analyze reality until it reaches a point of total despair. It has since become a mainstream way for users to express relatable social anxieties and the overwhelming weight of modern life in a darkly humorous format, visualizing the often-invisible pathways of a depressive or anxious mind.