The Evergreen Marine Corporation meme gained worldwide fame in March 2021 when the massive container ship, the Ever Given, became wedged sideways in the Suez Canal, effectively halting global trade. The striking visual contrast between the 400-meter-long vessel and the tiny excavator sent to dig it out became an instant metaphor for overwhelming problems met with seemingly futile solutions. Netizens quickly adopted the image to represent everything from personal procrastination to systemic economic failures. It remains a classic template for depicting a 'bottleneck,' illustrating moments where a single obstacle causes a massive, unavoidable chain reaction of chaos or delay.