Bass boosting became a running joke in meme editing in the 2010s, when creators deliberately pushed low frequencies until songs and sound effects distorted for comic effect. Short boosted bursts like this one spread through Vine, YouTube edits and later TikTok and Discord, where a similar bass boost discord call clip is used to troll friends in voice chats. The humour comes from excess rather than quality, turning a small moment into an ear shaking event. It remains popular for ironic edits, gaming highlights and reaction videos where bigger bass means a bigger punchline.