- meme usage
- Used ironically in tweets about trying to emotionally cope — 'me with my little umbrella against the storm of 2024'
- sarcasm patterns
- Deployed sarcastically when someone gets caught off-guard by something predictable: 'didn't see that coming ☂️'
- quote tweet context
- Added to quote tweets when someone is calling out bad behavior or drama as if shielding themselves from it
- trending context
- Spikes during actual weather events, storms, or metaphorical 'storms' like political chaos or viral drama
- reply use
- Used in replies to signal sympathy or protection toward someone going through difficulty