Current Objective: Survive

About

Current Objective: Survive is a reaction image macro series derived from a screenshot taken from the video game Halo: Reach. This image macro is often utilized in response to unpleasant situations or controversial statements.

Origin

On Septemeber 14th, 2010, the video game Halo: Reach was released in the United States by Bungie.^[1] The screen shot is taken form the final level of the game, "Lone Wolf."

The earliest known usage of the screenshot was posted on August 31st, 2017 by an anonymous 4chan user on the /v/ video game message board. The user posted a Greentext Story that reads, ">Zombie plague in Great Britain >EU and US break out their joke zombie apocalypse plans out and quarantine the seas around Great Britain >a few days pass >suddenly the entirety of Great Britain's military hardware bursts forth, devastating the military forces offshore and providing cover for jet airliners full of spores headed to Europe's most populated cities." The screenshot (shown below) was used as the punchline to the story.

Spread

Days later, Imgur ^[4] user armouredcasket posted the image, where it received more than 300 views.

On February 3rd, 2018, Reddit Redditor^[3] BrownBears22 uploaded the following image to the /r/MemeEconomy subreddit.

The following week, on February 12th, Redditor^[6] Needs-More-Nuking posted the image in the /r/dankmemes subreddit. The post (shown below, left) received more than 1,500 points (97% upvoted) and 15 comments in six months.

On February 20th, Redditor^[5] Leauf posted the image with the caption "When you hit some cuccos in Kakariko village. The post (shown below, center) received more than 650 points (97% upvoted) and 16 comments in six months.

On May 27th, Redditor^[7] QGunners22 posted a variation in the /r/teenagers subreddit. The post (shown below, right) received more than 1,900 points (99% upvoted) and 25 comments.

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