The Rahul Ligma and Daniel Johnson meme stems from a legendary 2022 prank where two men posed as laid-off Twitter engineers outside the company’s San Francisco headquarters. Carrying cardboard boxes and appearing distraught, they gave fake names—'Rahul Ligma' and 'Daniel Johnson'—to news reporters, who took the bait and broadcasted the story globally as a serious news update. The joke relies on the 'Ligma' punchline and the chaotic atmosphere surrounding Elon Musk's acquisition of the platform. Today, the template is used to mock corporate downsizing, media gullibility, and the general unpredictability of the tech industry.