The 'Skeleton Smoking a Cigar' meme belongs to a subgenre of internet culture known as 'Hard Images'—pictures that possess an unironic or ironic sense of coolness and intensity. Often featuring skeletons, motorcycles, or flames, these images surfaced on sites like Pinterest and Facebook before being adopted by ironic meme communities. This specific template depicts a skeleton nonchalantly enjoying a cigar, representing a vibe of total unbotheredness, patience, or just raw 'badass' energy. It is frequently used to illustrate situations where someone is waiting a long time for a result or simply to express that a certain situation or person goes 'unbelievably hard' in a humorous or exaggerated way.