Griefing refers to the act of a player in a multiplayer video game who deliberately irritates and harasses other players within the game, often using mechanics in unintended ways to ruin the experience. The concept gained massive notoriety with the rise of sandbox games like Minecraft and GTA Online, where players would spend hundreds of hours building structures only for a 'griefer' to destroy them with TNT or fire for no gain. The meme captures the universal pain of losing progress to a malicious teammate or a random troll. It is widely used across the gaming community to depict betrayal, unnecessary chaos, and the bittersweet humor found in digital destruction.