Social dynamics in lab

I do tag-team 1-on-1 meetings in the morning before the group lab meeting. Instead of blocking out 30-60 minutes per person on a standing basis, it’s just first-come first-served, and it’s however long that person wants / the meeting takes. And then I let the lab know when I’m available again. Images, memes, emojis, and whatnot are used for communication online, and I’m fine with that most of the time. It can be fun. But someone signaled that they were waiting for the next opening using this image:

It was my first time seeing it, and for some reason, that image creeps me out a bit. So I replied, “it’s your turn. as long as you promise to never post that image again.”

Well, that backfired.

Now the default hologram in our lab is that image. It shows up all the time.