The 'The Fog Is Coming' meme is a staple of 'schizoposting' and 'void meme' culture, often used to evoke a sense of surreal existential horror. It typically features distorted or low-resolution imagery—frequently involving Spongebob Squarepants characters—overlaid with ominous text predicting a vague, apocalyptic event involving an encroaching fog. Emerging in late 2021 across TikTok and Reddit, the meme parodies creepypasta tropes and internet doomsday theories by assigning arbitrary dates to the supposed arrival of the fog. It has become a versatile tool for surrealist humor, allowing users to lean into the irony of nonsensical, dread-inducing warnings.