Weber Cooks is a series of instructional cooking videos produced for Weber State University’s student news station, featuring host Steven Reed. The series gained viral fame on YouTube around 2012 due to its unintentionally somber tone, low-budget production, and Reed's seemingly dejected demeanor while preparing simple, microwave-based meals like chili cheese dip or spaghetti. Accompanied by upbeat yet ironically misplaced elevator music, the videos became a staple of 'sad' internet culture. The meme is typically used to represent feelings of loneliness, late-night desperation, or the struggle of adulting when one's culinary skills and general motivation are at an all-time low.