The vine boom became a staple of short-form editing during the Vine era, where creators used the deep impact hit to exaggerate reveals, reactions and punchlines. As the format moved to TikTok, YouTube Shorts and meme compilations, remixes started pairing the boom with other gag sounds. The fart version is one of those mashups, keeping the familiar dramatic hit but swapping the payoff for toilet humor. It stays popular because both sounds are instantly recognizable on their own, and together they signal a joke reveal in under two seconds.