Despairge

Despairge is a variant of the popular "despair" family of emotes on Twitch. The emote features a grayscale, distressed-looking Pepe the Frog with bulging eyes and a grimacing expression. It visually communicates a feeling of deep disappointment, sadness, or existential dread.

This emote serves as a more intense version of other despair-themed emotes, conveying a stronger sense of hopelessness or being completely done with a situation. The exaggerated facial features emphasize the feeling of despair.

Despairge was created and uploaded to FrankerFaceZ (FFZ) by a user named Kaitorius on January 29, 2022. The emote is part of the broader "despair" emote family that gained popularity on Twitch around 2020-2021.

The emote is based on Pepe the Frog, a character created by Matt Furie that has become widely used in internet culture and particularly in Twitch emotes. Despairge specifically belongs to a category of Pepe variations that express negative emotions.

According to FrankerFaceZ, Despairge is currently used in 155 emote sets on the platform and has been approved for public use, indicating its popularity within the Twitch community.

Despairge is typically used in Twitch chat in the following situations:

• When something goes horribly wrong during a stream (like a streamer failing at a crucial moment in a game)
• In response to disappointing news or announcements
• When a streamer shares a sad or unfortunate story
• To express second-hand embarrassment during awkward moments
• When viewers want to convey a feeling of "I can't believe this is happening" or "I'm done with this"
• As a reaction to a streamer making a bad decision that viewers predicted would end poorly

The emote functions similarly to other despair-themed emotes but is often used when the situation calls for a more dramatic or intense expression of disappointment.