Absolute Cinema Meme Generator
The toast pops up at the exact moment the kettle clicks off. You stand in the kitchen in silence and let it happen.
The bus driver waits for you. You weren't even running properly, more of a hopeful jog. He opens the doors. Somewhere, strings swell.
Your nan, 84, sends her first ever voice note. It's nine seconds of "is it on" and then, very clearly, "oh, bugger".
The last chip in the bag is the long crunchy one. You've known since the first handful. Six minutes of build-up, and it lands.
Why it caught on: a black-and-white photo of Martin Scorsese with his hands raised, labelled "absolute cinema" by the internet, began as a joke about his comment that Marvel films aren't cinema and ended up as everyone's certificate of quality for anything at all.