The 'Hello How Are You I Am Under the Water' meme originates from a viral video featuring a man partially submerged in water, calmly greeting the viewer before explaining his predicament with the iconic line, 'Please help me, there is too much raining.' First appearing on platforms like TikTok and Instagram around 2020, the clip's charm lies in the speaker's polite but desperate delivery and the slightly muffled audio quality. It has since evolved into a versatile reaction meme used to describe situations where someone is overwhelmed by work, life, or literal flooding, often paired with various characters or animals in similar underwater scenarios.