If you were born between 1990 and 2005, odds are that nautical nonsense is something you wish. SpongeBob SquarePants is possibly the most influential television program of all time other than the news, and the secret sauce that made it work wasn’t Patrick, Mr. Krabs, Sandy Cheeks or SpongeBob SquarePants himself. It was Squidward Tentacles. As a child, you may have felt more like Spongebob, but now we all know that the souls of Zoomers are really Squidwards.

This clarinet-playing and highly self-conscious squid wakes up every morning to face the funless void of his undersea life with courage and grace. Nothing but respect for this heroic mollusk. Over the years Squidward’s hot dog nose, bulging eyes and signature inability to enjoy himself has made him a central character in many memes formats. Squidward Tentacles represents us when we’re tired, stressed, sad, grumpy, anxious, frustrated--and he does it better than anyone else.