Omg Torrente -

So next time your life falls apart—the car won’t start, the rent is due, and your boss is yelling at you—just whisper to yourself:

If you have spent more than 30 minutes deep-diving into Spanish meme culture, you have seen his face. You have heard the voice. You have felt the second-hand embarrassment mixed with absolute reverence. omg torrente

So why OMG ?

And if you just muttered “OMG Torrente” under your breath, congratulations—you are infected. There is no cure. For the uninitiated: Torrente is a 1998 Spanish black comedy/satire directed by and starring Santiago Segura. The character is a retired cop who is racist, sexist, lazy, homophobic, and profoundly stupid. He lives with his elderly, senile father, drinks like a fish, and “solves” crimes through pure luck and brute force. So next time your life falls apart—the car

Then have a whiskey. Smoke a cigarette. And remember: La fuerza te la da la faja. Are you a Torrente fan? Let us know your favorite quote in the comments. (Please keep it relatively civil. We know how this goes.) So why OMG

The mustachioed, beer-bellied, self-proclaimed “guardian of the law” from Madrid’s Chueca neighborhood.