The 'I Should Buy a Boat Cat' meme features a cat in a suit sitting at a table with a newspaper and a cup of coffee, looking pensively out of a window. The image originated from Björk’s 2005 music video for 'Triumph of a Heart,' where the cat plays her husband. It became a viral sensation in 2012 when a Reddit user added the caption 'I should buy a boat,' perfectly capturing the feeling of a sudden, expensive, and perhaps mid-life crisis-esque realization. Today, it is used to represent any moment of sudden inspiration or a realization that one needs to make a significant life change, often with a humorous or absurd twist.