MEME REFERENCE

Stop it, Patrick! You're Scaring Him!

Use when one person reveals increasingly intense, unsettling, or technical information until another becomes frightened or overwhelmed.

What it expresses

Escalating disclosure disturbs an audience while a bystander urges the speaker to stop.

Example

A developer explains each new consequence of the old billing bug to a nervous product manager, and a teammate posts this.

When not to use it

The explanation reassures the listener and reduces their concern at every step; the fear escalation is absent.

• scaring him
• escalating facts
• too much information
• Patrick