The Life Hacks meme subculture emerged as a satirical response to the explosion of 'life hack' video channels that promised efficient solutions but delivered increasingly bizarre and impractical advice. This meme format typically highlights the absurdity of over-engineered solutions to simple problems, often featuring hot glue guns, ruined household items, or unnecessary steps. The genre reached its peak popularity through reaction videos and parodies that mock the 'DIWhy' nature of these hacks. It is frequently used to represent any situation where a solution is significantly more complicated than the original problem it was meant to solve.