The meaning of the meme:

The clown is actually myself. It is often used to mean that you try your best to please others, but you don’t get any reward or greetings. It is often used to laugh at yourself.

The source of the meme:

The clown is actually me. The source is an emoticon package: a person (licking the dog) took off his clown makeup layer by layer (preparation) No longer a licking dog), but his goddess said something to him and he changed back.

Application examples:

Refers to "dog lickers", "people who are unhappy in life and are trying to please others online", "self-motivated people", "the contrast between attitudes before and after is so huge that it makes people "A person who thinks the game is ridiculous" and "A person who thinks the game is ridiculous" are often used to laugh at oneself or others.

1: I chased her for a year before I realized that she was not single and the clown was actually me.

2: I wrote three test papers before I remembered that the teacher said there was no need to do it. The clown turned out to be me.