Monitoring the Situation

Monitoring the Situationis acatchphraseused to describe the act of watching a situation closely to stay up-to-date on it and track its current status. While the phrase has been used in memes throughout the 2010s, it was popularized as a meme in June 2025 on Twitter / X, as people began posting memes about "monitoring the situation" in reference to closely and obsessively watching current events to stay up-to-date. The increase in use is potentially due to rising tensions surrounding the Israel-Iran conflictand fears over the start of World War III, with the virality of the memes closely following the IDF's "Operation Rising Lion" strike on Iran.