Mundl is Edmund Sackbauer, the famously grumpy Viennese patriarch played by Karl Merkatz in the Austrian television series Ein echter Wiener geht nicht unter, first broadcast in the 1970s. His blunt dialect and short temper made him a lasting cult figure in Austria, and short audio clips of his outbursts later spread through German-speaking meme pages, chats and soundboards. Higschissn survives because it is instantly recognisable to Austrian viewers and works without translation or context as a universal sign of irritation.