Unlike musical bong hits used elsewhere online, this recording became popular purely as a reaction effect in meme edits and soundboard collections, where the long bubbling duration makes the gag easy to time. It circulated through stoner humor communities, gaming streams, and short-form video, often paired with slow zooms, sunglasses edits, or a character staring into space. Because the sound is instantly recognizable without any visual cue, creators keep reusing it as shorthand for being high, relaxed, or mentally absent, which is why the clip continues to appear far beyond its original context.