It circulated on YouTube through Source Filmmaker animations associated with DaFuqBoom, where short exaggerated laughs were used as punchlines for push and drown gags. The clip spread as a reusable meme sound rather than as part of one full scene, shared between editors who collect goofy ahh sounds for quick reactions. Its loose, wheezing delivery sits between a baby laughing meme and a cat laugh meme in tone, which is why it keeps appearing in remixes, soundboards and short joke edits.