If you're a regular on Twitter, you know that jokes and memes crafted from punctuation marks have taken off in recent years, and the latest to trend on the platform is a heart rate monitor intended to express your most intense feelings.
The “heart monitor" meme involves using dashes and slashes to illustrate the times your pulse has gone from normal to ultra-fast – or even flatlined – whether it's through love or anxiety.
Here are a few of the very best heart-stopping memes, which might remind you of the times your own pulse has skipped a beat.
1. The punctuation meme began to illustrate life's most anxiety-provoking situations…
normal heart rate: ⠀ /\⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ /\ __ / \ __/\__ / \ _ \/⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ \/ when you open the e… https://t.co/HMUAwKGQmO— zenab (@zenab)1554745450.0
2. It quickly became so popular Twitter itself joined in.
Normal heart rate: ⠀ /\⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ /\ __ / \ __/\__ / \ _ \/⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ \/ When your crush sli… https://t.co/rEFLkU7Ahj— Twitter (@Twitter)1554738443.0
3. It can be used to remind people of modern emergencies.
normal heart rate: ⠀ /\⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ /\ __ / \ __/\__ / \ _ \/⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ \/ when you cant feel… https://t.co/EYPXno3OS4— you’re so relate (@you’re so relate)1554810189.0
4. Caffeine lovers, this meme is for you.
A normal persons heart rate: ⠀ /\⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ /\ __ / \ __/\__ / \ _ \/⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ \/ Mine caus… https://t.co/6dTbLTSgft— 𝕜𝕒𝕝𝕖𝕤 ♡ / e check pinned (@𝕜𝕒𝕝𝕖𝕤 ♡ / e check pinned)1554837562.0
5. The moment you realize you've forgotten your chores.
Normal heart rate: ⠀ /\⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ /\ __ / \ __/\__ / \ _ \/⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ \/ When my mom’s in th… https://t.co/6vb63ja87f— Señor Vicente (@Señor Vicente)1554840358.0
6. No good ever comes from 'needing to talk'.
normal heart rate: ⠀ /\⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ /\ __ / \ __/\__ / \ _ \/⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ \/ When she says "We need to talk": —————————— 𝔍𝔲𝔫𝔞𝔦𝔡™ (@𝔍𝔲𝔫𝔞𝔦𝔡™)1554746212.0
7. The standard reaction to a flying cockroach.
Normal heart rate: ⠀ /\⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ /\ __ / \ __/\__ / \ _ \/⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ \/ When theres a cockroach:… https://t.co/mWl1N78dEW— Tj🌊 (@Tj🌊)1554819789.0
8. Lastly, this comment about viral memes is a little too on-the-nose.
normal heart rate: ⠀ /\⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ /\ __ / \ __/\__ / \ _ \/⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ \/ When you watch a me… https://t.co/QCZSoHvYdz— Anthony 👁❤️🍕 (@Anthony 👁❤️🍕)1554789189.0