The 'It Lives In My Sink' meme belongs to the genre of surreal and 'cursed' internet imagery, often featuring a bizarre creature—sometimes a distorted animal, a puppet, or a CGI entity—peering out from a kitchen or bathroom drain. It gained traction in the late 2010s across platforms like Tumblr, Reddit, and Twitter as part of the 'weirdcore' and 'oddly unsettling' aesthetic. The meme typically plays on the universal, irrational fear of something lurking in the pipes, turning a mundane household fixture into a source of existential dread or absurdist comedy. It is frequently used to represent hidden problems, social anxiety, or simply to share a sense of profound discomfort in a humorous way.