The 'Don't Let Me Leave Murph' meme originates from Christopher Nolan's 2014 sci-fi epic, Interstellar. In this emotionally charged scene, Joseph Cooper (played by Matthew McConaughey) finds himself inside a higher-dimensional Tesseract, where he can view various moments from his past through a bookshelf. He witnesses the heart-wrenching moment he left his young daughter, Murph (Mackenzie Foy), to embark on a space mission that would ultimately separate them for decades. Distraught by the consequences of his choice, Cooper screams at his past self, 'No, no, no! Don't let me leave Murph!' while desperately pounding on the barriers of time. In the meme world, this clip is the gold standard for expressing extreme regret or the agonizing desire to stop your past self from making a cringeworthy decision. It is frequently used to represent the feeling of watching your younger self post something embarrassing on social media, invest in a failing stock, or make a poor romantic choice. It captures a universal sense of helplessness against one's own past mistakes. Example caption ideas: 'Me watching my 2016 self post a lyrical miracle Facebook status', 'Me watching myself order a 4th round of drinks when I have a 9 AM meeting', and 'Me watching my past self trade my Bitcoin for a used Honda Civic.'