A brief history of the loading spinner meme

From hourglass to beach ball to existential dread.

Turn the sound on for the full effect. Nobody asked for this, and yet here we are. Every version of this we found was slightly different.

The short version

• This has been living rent-free in our heads all week.
• File this under things you did not know you needed.
• Posting this so future us can find it again.

Turn the sound on for the full effect.

Some things are better experienced than explained. The comments section already has three competing theories. It is somehow both relaxing and deeply unsettling. It started as a joke and then it got out of hand.