Flocke Stoehnen circulates as a user uploaded recording with no clear film, show or game source attached to it. The file was shared under a simple German label and a generic recording title, which is typical of short reaction clips passed around soundboards. Online, listeners use the brief groan as a flexible punctuation sound for pain, effort, embarrassment and exhaustion, and its tiny length makes it easy to layer over memes, prank clips and short form videos without covering dialogue.