{"slug":"cmon-do-something","name":"C'mon Do Something","alternateFormats":[{"slug":"cmon-do-something-captioned","label":"With Caption"}],"url":"/templates/cmon-do-something.jpg","w":448,"h":519,"top":"","bottom":"","description":"Generate a C'mon Do Something meme. A stick figure pokes something on the ground with a stick, waiting for it to react. The universal expression of impatient disappointment.","keywords":"cmon do something meme, poke with stick meme, do something meme, stick figure poking meme, waiting meme","year":2017,"origin":"A simple single-panel stick figure drawing that went viral around 2017. It shows a stick figure poking at the empty ground with a stick, accompanied by the caption \"c'mon do something.\" The crude art style only adds to the humor — it strips the joke down to its most elemental form: someone waiting for literally anything to happen. For another \"waiting for results\" format, see Waiting Skeleton or Squidward Window.","format":"template","textBoxes":[{"label":"The Poker","x":26,"y":3,"w":73,"h":28,"fontFamily":"Arial","fontColor":"#000000","strokeWidth":0,"isBold":false,"isAllCaps":false,"fontSize":45,"opacity":1},{"label":"The Object","x":44,"y":69,"w":55,"h":24,"fontFamily":"Arial","fontColor":"#000000","strokeWidth":0,"isBold":false,"isAllCaps":false,"fontSize":45,"opacity":1}],"exampleCaptions":["ME","MY BANK ACCOUNT ON PAYDAY"],"exampleAltText":"C'mon Do Something meme about poking your bank account on payday waiting for it to do something","exampleRefreshDate":"2026-02-28","howToMake":["The C'mon Do Something template is loaded with 2 text fields: one for the person poking and one for the thing being poked","Fill in who's doing the poking (usually \"me\") and what disappointing thing they're waiting on","Each text box is pre-positioned: the poker label sits in the upper-left, and the object label sits on the lower half near the ground","Plain black text on the white background matches the crude drawing style. Keep labels short since the stick figure is doing all the storytelling","Poke that Download button for a PNG, or Share your disappointment with someone who also refuses to do anything"],"seo":{"aliases":["Poke With Stick Meme","Do Something Meme","C'mon Do Something Stick Figure","Poking Meme","Stick Poke Meme"],"description":"A crudely drawn stick figure hunches over empty ground, poking at nothing with a stick. The posture is expectant, deeply unimpressed. Below the image: \"c'mon do something.\" The drawing's simplicity is the whole joke — there's nothing here except raw impatience and an object that refuses to cooperate. The meme distills the experience of waiting for something to work, respond, or show any sign of life whatsoever.","definition":"Why won't this thing just do something? A stick figure hunches over empty ground, poking at nothing with a stick in a drawing so crude it somehow makes the frustration funnier. The meme stands in for every moment you've stared at something — a bank account, a loading bar, a dating app — willing it to show any sign of life.","useCases":[{"category":"Money & Investments","examples":["Me poking my savings account hoping the interest rate will do literally anything","Me on payday poking my bank account that somehow still has $12","Staring at my crypto portfolio and poking it with a stick every morning","Me poking my tax refund that was supposed to arrive \"within 21 days\" five weeks ago","Checking my retirement account at 26 expecting to see growth and finding $47 in gains","Me poking my side hustle revenue that's been stuck at $3/month for a year"]},{"category":"Technology & Devices","examples":["Me poking the WiFi router after it decides to buffer during the season finale","Poking the printer that has been \"processing\" the same document for 20 minutes","Me staring at the loading bar stuck at 99% like it's taunting me personally","Poking the iPhone battery after it drops from 30% to 1% in under a minute","Me restarting the app for the 4th time and poking it hoping this time is different"]},{"category":"Fitness & Health","examples":["Me looking in the mirror after one day at the gym expecting visible abs","Poking the scale after eating one salad expecting to drop 10 pounds","Me checking my step count after walking to the fridge and back","Poking my metabolism hoping it'll speed up after I drink a single glass of water","Me staring at my protein shake like \"work faster, I have a beach trip in 3 days\"","Looking at my Fitbit expecting it to congratulate me for walking to the mailbox"]},{"category":"Relationships & Texting","examples":["Me poking the group chat that died 3 days ago hoping someone will revive it","Staring at the \"typing...\" bubble that appeared and then vanished forever","Me poking the dating app match who hasn't responded in 6 days","Poking my crush's Instagram story views to see if they watched mine back","Me sending a risky text and then poking my phone every 4 seconds"]},{"category":"Work & Productivity","examples":["Me poking my motivation to work at 2pm on a Friday","Poking the code I just deployed hoping it doesn't break production","Me staring at my to-do list willing it to complete itself","Poking my boss's \"I'll get back to you on that\" from two weeks ago","Me poking the spreadsheet that crashed and took my unsaved work with it","Staring at the build pipeline that's been \"running\" for 45 minutes"]},{"category":"Gaming & Entertainment","examples":["Me poking the matchmaking queue that says \"estimated wait: 1 minute\" while I'm on minute 12","Poking the game that froze during the final boss cutscene","Me staring at the download bar for a 90GB update moving at 2 MB/s","Poking the loot box hoping this one contains something other than a common skin","Me waiting for the next season of the show that ended on a cliffhanger 18 months ago"]},{"category":"School & Learning","examples":["Me poking my brain during the exam hoping the answer will surface","Poking the professor's inbox after submitting a late assignment with an apology email","Me staring at the blank Google Doc at 11pm the night before the paper is due","Poking my GPA expecting it to recover after one good exam","Me poking the group project Slack channel where nobody has said anything in a week"]}]}}