The 'Unimpressed Astronaut' meme typically features the iconic 1984 photograph of NASA astronaut Bruce McCandless II during the first untethered spaceflight using the Manned Maneuvering Unit. The meme gained traction on platforms like Reddit and Quickmeme around 2011, serving as a high-altitude variation of the 'condescending' meme format. It highlights the absurdity of people's mundane daily struggles by comparing them to the sheer scale and danger of extravehicular activity in the vacuum of space. Users typically place a monumental achievement in the top caption and a trivial complaint in the bottom, often ending with 'Tell me more about how your life is hard,' making it the ultimate tool for digital sarcasm and reality checks.