The 'It's Been 84 Years' meme originates from the 1997 blockbuster film Titanic. The line is spoken by the elderly Rose DeWitt Bukater, played by Gloria Stuart, as she begins to recount her memories of the ship's sinking to a team of treasure hunters. On the internet, the scene has been transformed into a hyperbolic reaction used to describe an agonizingly long wait for something to happen, such as a new album release, a movie sequel, or a long-delayed project. Since going viral on platforms like Tumblr and Twitter in the early 2010s, it has remained a staple reaction image for expressing extreme impatience or the feeling of an era passing by.