{"slug":"futurama-zero-days","name":"Futurama Zero Days","url":"/templates/futurama-zero-days.png","w":564,"h":500,"top":"","bottom":"","description":"A sign from Futurama reading \"0 DAYS SINCE LAST\" with a blank space for whatever keeps happening. For recurring disasters that reset the counter.","keywords":"futurama zero days meme, 0 days since last meme, zero days meme, counter reset meme, it happened again meme, recurring problem meme","year":2012,"origin":"Inspired by workplace safety signs that track \"days since last incident,\" this Futurama version became a meme for any recurring problem that keeps resetting the counter to zero. The desert wasteland setting implies the incidents have been catastrophic enough to destroy civilization. The \"0\" counter ensures the humor is always about something that JUST happened again. For a more positive counting format, see Day X of Quarantine.","format":"template","textBoxes":[{"label":"What Happened","x":9,"y":52.5,"w":67.7,"h":20.5,"rotation":3,"placeholder":"What happened (again)","fontFamily":"Impact","fontColor":"#FF0000","strokeColor":"#000000","strokeWidth":1,"isBold":true,"isAllCaps":true,"textAlign":"center","fontSize":40,"opacity":1}],"exampleCaptions":["SOMEONE MICROWAVING FISH IN THE OFFICE"],"exampleAltText":"Futurama Zero Days meme: sign reading \"0 days since last\" with \"Someone microwaving fish in the office\"","exampleRefreshDate":"2026-04-29","howToMake":["The Futurama Zero Days template has 1 text field on the sign's blank area.","Type whatever recurring incident just reset the counter back to zero.","Red text matches the \"CRITICAL FAILURE\" style baked into the sign.","Keep your text punchy since it needs to fit within the sign boundaries.","Download and share to document the latest reset of the incident counter."],"seo":{"aliases":["0 Days Since Last Meme","Counter Reset Meme","Futurama Sign Meme","Incident Counter Meme","Zero Days Since Meme","It Happened Again Meme"],"description":"A cartoon sign from Futurama stands on two wooden poles in a post-apocalyptic desert landscape. The top of the sign reads \"0 DAYS SINCE LAST\" with a small counter locked at zero. Below that is a blank red-text area where the user fills in whatever catastrophic event keeps happening. The wasteland setting implies the incidents are civilization-ending, which makes mundane office complaints even funnier.","definition":"A safety incident counter permanently stuck at zero because whatever it tracks keeps happening. The user fills in the recurring event. Best used for problems, habits, or situations that simply refuse to stop repeating.","useCases":[{"category":"Office Life","examples":["Someone microwaving fish in the office","Reply-all to the entire company","Someone printing to the wrong printer","The coffee machine being left empty","Someone scheduling a meeting that could be an email"]},{"category":"Tech & Development","examples":["Deploying to production on a Friday","Pushing directly to main","Forgetting to pull before committing","Breaking the build with a \"small change\"","Deleting something from the database by accident"]},{"category":"Daily Life","examples":["Losing my keys","Forgetting why I walked into a room","Checking the fridge and finding nothing new","Setting an alarm and immediately snoozing it","Buying something I already own"]},{"category":"Social Media","examples":["Getting into an argument in the comments","Saying \"I'm taking a break from social media\"","Posting something and immediately regretting it","Checking my phone after putting it down 10 seconds ago"]}]}}