Is X in The Room with Us Right Now?

Is X in The Room with Us Right Now?is aphrasal templatethat uses sarcasm to mimic a phrase that's typically asked by a psychologist or therapist to their patients.Memespairing the phrase withstock imagesof mental health professionals have existed since at least 2018 on Twitterand Instagramin which users replace what's "in the room" for humorous effect. In 2021, thesnowclonephrase began to be associated with aviral videoof the Parkland shooterbeing interrogated, known as What Pretending To Be Crazy Looks Like, despite the sentence never being spoken in the original interview. The line is often used to mockconspiracy theoristsor fear-mongers.