Little is documented about where emerge the shitter was first recorded, so its history is mainly an online one. The clip circulates on user generated soundboards as a short shareable file that people download, repost and drop into chats without context. Its appeal comes from that lack of context, which makes the phrase feel random in almost any video or stream. Over time it has settled into the broader pool of nonsense meme sounds used for entrances, bathroom jokes and deliberately over dramatic reveals in short form content.