- upvote context
- Used in comments about things that came and went fast, or in posts about actual astronomical events going viral.
- community use
- Frequently appears in r/space, r/astronomy, r/memes, and r/collapse threads about extinction-level scenarios.
- subreddit meaning
- In meme subreddits, primarily tied to the 'dinosaurs ignoring comet' format — a symbol of blissful ignorance before doom.
- karma context
- A post going viral unexpectedly is described as 'comet energy' — it came from nowhere and hit hard.