The 'Family Guy Excruciating' meme originates from the Season 9 episode 'Friends of Peter G.', which first aired in 2011. In this scene, Peter Griffin, voiced by series creator Seth MacFarlane, is attending an Alcoholics Anonymous meeting. After listening to a fellow member share a personal story, Peter bluntly interrupts to declare that 'everything you say is excruciating.' The clip perfectly captures Peter's characteristic lack of filter and his extreme impatience with others. In meme culture, this clip is the gold standard for expressing extreme boredom, social exhaustion, or the feeling of being trapped in an uninteresting conversation. It resonates because everyone has experienced a moment where they wanted to tell someone how painful their story was. Example captions include: 'Me listening to my coworker talk about their cat for 40 minutes,' 'When the tutorial you're watching has a 5-minute intro,' and 'Listening to my parents explain how to use a TV remote for the tenth time.'