![]() ![]() ಠ_ಠ." As a result, users on Reddit and 4chan began posting racist variations of the character called Race Guy to discourage usage of the meme (shown below, right). They wrote, "So Hot Topic is selling t-shirts with this on them now. ![]() That day, Redditor iamerroneous posted a thread in the /r/wtf subreddit about the retail chain Hot Topic selling Rageguy t-shirts. On November 17th, 2010, American retail chain Hot Topic introduced a new t-shirt design featuring Rage Guy, a stick figure character from the popular internet cartoons that had its beginning on 4chan in late 2008 (shown below, left). Buzzfeed's Tanner Ringerud explained that “Rageguy is so popular because of the classic maxim, ‘it’s funny because it’s true.’” Operation: Black Rage The KnowYourMeme editor Brad Kim explained that the popularity of Rageguy is because "Rageguy comics (and its spin-offs) tend to illustrate real-life anecdotes that others can easily empathize with”. Rageguy has made the list for the "5 Internet Meme Finalists", alongside Sad Keanu, Double Rainbow and Bed Intruder (winner). In December 2010, the technology blog Mashable held a contest for the best internet meme of 2010. These comics are featured on a popular subreddit called "FFFFFFFUUUUUUUUUUUU" (also known as "F7U12") which is a reference of the red caption on the last pane.Ī collection of Rageguy comics consisting of only 4 panes with Rageguy on the fourth pane can be found on the ClassicRage subreddit Mashable "Best Internet Memes" Award Finalist The success of Rageguy soon made it possible for other characters to appear for other reactions and emotions, allowing the creation of what are now referred to as Rage Comics. The format of the comics remained, for the most part, the same, with the rage-inducing instance being described in the first three panes and the Rageguy face screaming on the fourth.Ī comic as a solution to the "toilet splash" experience has also been posted: The first three panes described the incidence and in the fourth pane, a drawing of Rageguy screaming appeared with a caption saying "FFFFFFUUUUUUUUUU-" on the right of the face in red letters.Īfter the first Rageguy instance, other derivatives began to appear. The image consisted of a 4-pane comic made in MS Paint portraying the "toilet splashback" experience. the Ebay Store payment system no personal data whatsoever is stored.The first instance of Rageguy came in 2008 on the 4chan /b/ imageboard. ![]() ![]() Such cookies serve exclusively to enable the use of specific applications, e.g. The customer may use his browser program to control the acceptance of cookies from the Web page and, if appropriate, block this. To enable the customer to place orders in the Ebay Store, a so-called "cookie" will be created when particular Web pages are visited. The customer may inspect order data in the customer section of the Ebay Store. My Icon Ltd will save the customer's order data and provide this information to the customer by e-mail. My Icon Ltd will not share any personal customer data with third parties other than with service partners who require the data in order to process orders. 1 2 History Trollface was drawn in Microsoft Paint on September 19, 2008, by Carlos Ramirez, an 18-year-old Oakland college student. It is one of the oldest and most widely known rage comic faces. The customer is entitled to object to the latter and unsubscribe at any time. Trollface or Troll Face is a rage comic meme image of a character wearing a mischievous smile, used to symbolise internet trolls and trolling. We may from time to time email you with special offers and new products. My Icon Ltd will use customers' e-mail addresses only to supply information relating to orders and for customer relationship maintenance purposes. ![]()
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