The 'Tripping Balls' meme is a staple of internet humor used to depict states of extreme confusion, sensory overload, or altered consciousness. Characterized by images of people or animals with wide, dilated eyes and often placed against vibrant, psychedelic backgrounds, the meme captures the surreal essence of being completely overwhelmed by reality. The term itself originated from 20th-century counterculture slang but found a new life online through image macros and reaction GIFs. It is frequently used to mock someone's dazed expression or to describe the feeling of experiencing something so bizarre that it defies logical explanation.