We all need this delightfully negative 'Little Women' meme in our lives

Sometimes you simply "can't."
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Nicole Gallucci
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Jo March can do many things, but marrying Laurie isn't one of them. He's cute and sweet and everything, but she can't. She can't. She tried it, and she can't!

You may recall Saoirse Ronan, who played Jo in Greta Gerwig's 2019 adaptation of Little Women, acting in a very emotional hilltop scene across from Timothée Chalamet. He begged her to love him as more than a friend — to marry him — and she repeated over and over again that she couldn't.

Here's a refresher if you need it.


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Whew! Well, the memorable scene is the latest movie moment to be turned into a meme. Twitter users are taking all of Jo March's negative energy and applying it to the stuff they're unable to do in their own lives, like deleting Twitter and cleaning out their cars. It's super relatable.

Turns out, nearly any scenario could have Big Jo March Energy if framed properly. Give it a try!

We can't do everything we set out to in life, but if we try hard enough we can always make a meme.

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Nicole Gallucci

Nicole is a Senior Editor at Mashable. She primarily covers entertainment and digital culture trends, and in her free time she can be found watching TV, sending voice notes, or going viral on Twitter for admiring knitwear. You can follow her on Twitter @nicolemichele5.

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