Sheet 02 · Specimen #0000161 · Viral Video → Viral clips → Humorous reactions
Best Cry Ever (Dan Allen)
A creator's emotional breakdown turned into a meme format
Rejected. It isn’t going to the Arctic.
“Double Rainbow cried harder, got more views and still didn't get in.”
Why Noah said no
The nomination is a title, a channel name and a plea that just repeats the title. The label's claim that it became a reaction meme names no posts, dates or numbers. Double Rainbow, a far better known man sobbing on camera, was turned down because Numa Numa already covers that.
- Rejected
- 28 Oct 2026
- Made by
- Dan Allen
Found via Nomination on X · www.youtube.com/watch?v=ee925OTFBCA · nominated by someone
What it is
A YouTube video by Dan Allen that captures an exaggerated crying moment, which became a reaction macro people used to respond to bad news or frustrating situations online. The clip spread across social media as a way to express disproportionate sadness or mock overreaction to minor problems.
Why it’s internet culture
People used it to comment on each other's posts with the video as a shorthand for 'this is ridiculous', turning a real moment of emotion into a format for ironic group reaction. It shows how creators' genuine reactions get repurposed as tools for collective joking.
A YouTube clip of a man crying hard enough that people found it funny, the kind of upload that got passed around as a joke about overreacting. The nomination gives no evidence of how far it spread or what people did with it.
What Noah read
Best Cry Ever By Dan Allen
The rest wasn’t kept.
History
Rejected
“The nomination is a title, a channel name and a plea that just repeats the title. The label's claim that it became a reaction meme names no posts, dates or numbers. Double Rainbow, a far better known man sobbing on camera, was turned down because Numa Numa already covers that.”