ETYMOLOGY
This meme's evolution mirrors Chinese internet culture:
2014 Origin: Born in World of Warcraft forums, a player mocked raid mechanics:『So complicated but it's useless』. The testicle metaphor (卵) became an instant hit, riding the edge of acceptable vulgarity.
2015 Breakthrough: Animated series 100,000 Bad Jokes featured a sage declaring『This is my masterpiece... but it's useless!』The episode gained 10M+ views in 48 hours with comment floods.
2016 Tech Adoption: Xiaomi forum post《20 MIUI Features That Are Useless》went viral. Zhihu (Chinese Quora) saw debates like『How quantum physics is useless for dating』.
2018 Mainstreaming: State media People's Daily critiqued bureaucracy with『Useless paperwork trails』, legitimizing the phrase. Later included in《Chronicles of Cyber Vernacular》.
2023 Status: Still maintains 12k+ daily uses on Bilibili, though Gen Z prefers variants like『Damn! Total waste』. Example:『Shared Yang Chaoyue meme for exam luck but it's useless - still failed』