MEME REFERENCE

Scout opening the fridge

Use for repeatedly checking a place despite already knowing that nothing new or useful will be there.

What it expresses

Habit and faint hope drive another pointless inspection of an unchanged source.

Example

You refresh an empty inbox five seconds after the last refresh and send this to acknowledge the compulsion.

When not to use it

A notification confirms that a requested message has arrived; checking now has new information and is not futile repetition.

• checking again
• empty fridge
• habit
• nothing new