Persistent-connection Memes

The sad Pepe frog in monk robes staring at a gun is basically the spiritual journey of every dev who's battled WebSockets. After 6 hours of "connection refused" errors and Stack Overflow threads from 2013, you start contemplating alternative career paths. The dark truth we veterans know: sometimes it's not your code, it's not the server, it's just WebSockets being WebSockets. The universe's way of teaching you humility through persistent connection failures.