The meme is often used as a response in forum posts or
YouTube comments, particularly to people thinking of past events in their life.
Guy 1: "Look at my new Gamecube!"
Guy 2: "Yeah I used to have one of those"
Guy 1: "...Then I took an arrow to the knee"
Or as a way of expressing the fact that Skyrim is the game to be playing right now. For example:
YouTube comment from 2008 - "
GTA IV is the best game ever! I'm gonna play it forever!"
Reply to the comment from 2011 - "Then I took an arrow to the knee."