So I Got That Goin' For Me, Which is Nice — Carl Spackler meme about losing a job but getting Reddit gold on a cakeday

So I Got That Goin' For Me, Which is Nice

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Published September 28, 2026

A screen grab of Bill Murray as Carl Spackler from the 1980 film Caddyshack became one of Reddit's favorite silver-lining image macros after a June 2013 post kicked off a template where captions pair a personal misfortune with a small consolation. The format took off inside r/AdviceAnimals and turned Spackler's Dalai Lama anecdote into shorthand for finding the bright side of a rough day.

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Overview

So I Got That Goin' For Me, Which is Nice is an advice animal image macro built around a still of Bill Murray's Carl Spackler from Caddyshack, in which the character delivers the title line at the end of his story about caddying for the Dalai Lama3. Captions follow a strict two-beat rhythm: the top line sets up a personal complaint or bit of bad luck, and the bottom line closes with the verbatim Caddyshack quote as the consolation prize1.

The humor works because the payoff is always the same, so the whole joke lives in how small, petty, or absurd the silver lining is compared to the disaster on top. Redditors used it for everything from job loss softened by receiving Reddit gold1 to office drudgery brightened by a profile anniversary2. The format became one of the recurring Bill Murray macros circulating on r/AdviceAnimals throughout 20133.

Origin & Background

Platform
Reddit (r/AdviceAnimals)
Creator
Reddit user Thereminz
Date
2013

The line comes from the 1980 Harold Ramis comedy Caddyshack, where assistant greenskeeper Carl Spackler, played by Bill Murray, tells a story about looping for the Dalai Lama and being promised total consciousness on his deathbed instead of a tip4. He closes the monologue with "So I got that goin' for me, which is nice," a delivery that became one of the film's most quoted moments3.

The image macro version was posted to r/AdviceAnimals on June 23, 2013, by Redditor Thereminz, whose caption paired losing his job and dental work with the consolation of receiving Reddit gold3. That post picked up more than 7,300 upvotes within its first five months and set the template every later variation would follow3.

How It Spread

The format stayed inside r/AdviceAnimals through the summer of 2013, with Redditors treating each post as a chance to brag about a tiny win offsetting a bigger frustration. On July 19, Redditor yellow6r posted a meta version celebrating the success of their own image macro, which cleared 3,000 upvotes over the next five months3. Four days later, Boozbooznbooz used the format to complain about being stuck at a desk while flagging a Reddit account anniversary as the silver lining, drawing about 2,400 upvotes3.

The biggest hit came on November 27, 2013, when Redditor indaochan flipped the joke by aiming the caption at Time Magazine's 2006 "Person of the Year" cover that declared every reader the winner3. That post pulled in more than 18,000 upvotes and 500 comments in three weeks, the largest engagement KYM documents for the format3. On December 17, Redditor acidulous kept the streak going with a graphic post about losing control of several bodily functions, which racked up over 12,200 upvotes and 260 comments in its first day3.

Beyond r/AdviceAnimals, the Caddyshack quote itself stayed in heavy circulation as a standalone catchphrase, helped along by the YouTube clip of Murray's Dalai Lama monologue that Redditors linked as the source2. The line still gets used as a reaction to minor good news balancing bad news, well beyond the specific 2013 macro run.

Timeline

1980

Caddyshack is released, with Bill Murray's Carl Spackler delivering the Dalai Lama monologue that ends with the title line[4].

2013-06-23

Redditor Thereminz posts the first documented Carl Spackler image macro using the format to r/AdviceAnimals, pairing job loss and dental work with receiving Reddit gold[3].

2013-07-19

Redditor yellow6r posts a meta version celebrating the format's own success, gaining over 3,000 upvotes[3].

2013-07-23

Redditor Boozbooznbooz uses the macro to complain about a desk job while noting a Reddit anniversary as the upside[3].

2013-11-27

Redditor indaochan's version mocking Time Magazine's 2006 "Person of the Year" cover clears 18,000 upvotes on r/AdviceAnimals[3].

2013-12-17

Redditor acidulous's bodily-functions caption gets over 12,200 upvotes and 260 comments in 24 hours[3].

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