About

"Life Ain't Fair" is a catchphrase that is used in short videos to denote that something unfortunate has happened to the subject of the video (typically a person, sometimes an animal). This could be something like attempting a backflip and failing miserably or trying to jump across a gap and coming up short. Similar to the memes "Wasted" and "To Be Continued", it freezes frame at the last second of misery and the screen changes tints as the song "Life Ain't Fair" plays.

Origin

Videos featuring the catchphrase "Life Ain't Fair" first started circulating on Reddit at the beginning of June, 2022. The videos, posted on subreddits such as r/FailArmy and r/facepalm quickly amassed millions of views. To date, the most popular instance of this meme is on r/facepalm and is entitled Trying to look cool for Instagram .

Popular Examples

• Zoomied Himself Out (441K views)
• Facepalm x2 (459K views)
• Just Opening A Door (220K views)