{"slug":"so-i-got-that-goin-for-me","name":"So I Got That Goin' For Me Which Is Nice","url":"/templates/so-i-got-that-goin-for-me.jpg","w":620,"h":454,"top":"BAD THING HAPPENED","bottom":"SO I GOT THAT GOIN' FOR ME","description":"So I Got That Goin' For Me Which Is Nice meme generator. Bill Murray from Caddyshack offering philosophical calm in the face of total failure. Add your bad thing up top and let the silver lining write itself.","keywords":"so i got that goin for me meme, bill murray caddyshack meme, which is nice meme, at least i got that meme, carl spackler meme, caddyshack reaction meme, silver lining meme","year":2012,"origin":"From the 1980 film Caddyshack. Bill Murray plays Carl Spackler, the deranged groundskeeper who delivers a rambling monologue including the line \"at least I've got that going for me, which is nice.\" The quote became a classic cultural reference and found new life as an internet meme around 2012. Used as the definitive format for describing a bad situation followed by an absurdly minor consolation prize. A captioned version and animated GIF are also available.","format":"classic","alternateFormats":[{"slug":"so-i-got-that-goin-for-me-captioned","label":"Captioned Version"},{"slug":"so-i-got-that-goin-for-me-gif","label":"GIF Version"}],"howToMake":["Open the So I Got That Goin' For Me template","Top text describes the bad thing that happened","Bottom text is the tiny silver lining Bill Murray is grateful for","The more catastrophic the top and pathetic the bottom, the better the meme","Download and send to anyone dealing with a situation that is objectively a disaster"],"exampleCaptions":["FAILED THE EXAM","AT LEAST THE PENCIL WORKED GREAT"],"exampleAltText":"So I Got That Goin' For Me meme about failing an exam but having a good pencil","exampleRefreshDate":"2026-05-19","seo":{"aliases":["Bill Murray Caddyshack Meme","Which Is Nice Meme","Carl Spackler Meme","At Least I Got That Meme","Silver Lining Meme","Caddyshack Quote Meme"],"description":"Bill Murray as Carl Spackler in Caddyshack, wearing a floppy groundskeeper hat with a distant, contented expression. He looks like a man who has accepted his circumstances with a level of zen that is either enlightened or deeply delusional. Top and bottom text sit above and below his face.","definition":"Bill Murray from Caddyshack used as a silver-lining meme. Top text describes a bad situation; bottom text provides the laughably small consolation that is supposed to make it okay.","useCases":[{"category":"Academic Disasters","examples":["FAILED EVERY EXAM THIS SEMESTER / SO I GOT THAT GOIN' FOR ME WHICH IS NICE","DROPPED OUT OF THE PROGRAM / AT LEAST I DON'T HAVE TO WRITE THAT THESIS","PROFESSOR LOST MY PAPER / I ALSO LOST MY PAPER SO WE BOTH CONTRIBUTED","STUDIED THE WRONG CHAPTERS / NAILED A QUESTION ON PAGE 1 THOUGH","PRESENTATION CRASHED MID-SLIDE / AUDIENCE WAS TOO POLITE TO LAUGH LOUDLY"]},{"category":"Work Blunders","examples":["SENT THE DRAFT INSTEAD OF THE FINAL / REPLY ALL REPLIED THE CORRECT ONE FOR ME","MISSED THE DEADLINE BY A WEEK / CLIENT ALSO FORGOT ABOUT THE DEADLINE","ACCIDENTALLY CC'D THE BOSS ON THE VENT EMAIL / THEY AGREED WITH MOST OF IT","FORGOT THE MEETING / IT RAN 45 MINUTES OVER SO I SAVED TIME","INTRODUCED MYSELF AS THE WRONG TITLE / THEY GAVE ME A BIGGER TITLE ANYWAY"]},{"category":"Sports Losses","examples":["FINISHED LAST IN FANTASY FOOTBALL / I DID NOT HAVE TO MANAGE THE PLAYOFFS","TEAM LOST BY 40 POINTS / STADIUM NACHOS WERE EXCEPTIONAL","MY BRACKET BUSTED IN ROUND ONE / AT LEAST I PICKED THE PAPER CORRECTLY","MISSED THE WINNING PENALTY / CROWD BARELY REMEMBERED BY NEXT MATCH","TEAM LOST THE CHAMPIONSHIP / PARKING WAS SURPRISINGLY EASY"]},{"category":"Life Setbacks","examples":["MISSED THE FLIGHT / GOT AN EXTRA NIGHT IN A CITY I LIKE","APARTMENT FLOODED / FOUND OUT THE COUCH WAS NOT AS COMFORTABLE AS I THOUGHT","CAR WON'T START / GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO THINK ABOUT MY CHOICES","POWER OUT FOR 12 HOURS / FINALLY FINISHED A BOOK I STARTED IN 2019","RAIN ON WEDDING DAY / PHOTOS HAVE A MOODY CINEMATIC QUALITY"]}]}}