The 'Sponging Out' meme originates from a viral fan-made animation that parodies Pixar's Inside Out 2 by replacing the emotions with surreal, distorted versions of SpongeBob SquarePants characters. The specific scene featuring the line 'Sorry Pancreatic Cancer, but I don't think you qualify as an emotion' exploded on TikTok and Twitter due to its jarring dark humor and absurd premise. It captures the moment where 'Joy' (SpongeBob) rejects a personified terminal illness as a valid feeling. The meme is widely used to mock intrusive thoughts, increasingly niche modern identity labels, or simply to lean into the 'brainrot' aesthetic of surreal internet animations.