6/12/2023 0 Comments All the rage comics![]() Expressing that exact same feeling in words would take some creative writing." "A perfect example is the sad 'Okay' face," he said, "Just looking at that face gives you a pretty good understanding of how that person feels. That allows them to be used as a tool in storytelling."ĭan Awesome, webmaster of Rage Maker, a website where users can make their own rage comics from a library of stock faces, believes that a key quality of rage faces allows them to be universal. According to Ryan Swanson, one of the moderators of Reddit's rage comic subforum, F7U12 (the name itself is an inside joke referring to the correct number of "F"s and "U"s in an exclamation of rage), "The simplified faces are just exaggerated expressions, so they're pretty much universal in that respect. They also had the virtue of transcending particular languages. So kick off your boots, set your pith helmet aside, and enjoy a snifter of brandy as we explore the evolution, habitat, and social characteristics of rage faces. In any expedition, preparation is key for Internet adventurers, the ability to tell a “Challenge Accepted” from a “Me Gusta” can make all the difference. Far from being insignificant doodles, the faces are now an accepted and standardized form of online communication used to tell stories that can be quick and funny or serious and deeply personal.īecause they have become so ubiquitous, and because any surfer worth his salt should have a working knowledge of top Internet memes, we've created this Field Guide to Rage Faces. The amateur cartoons, made using a recurring set of expressive characters, are used by a growing international community. Once merely obscure inside jokes on the image board 4chan, the "rage face" comics that now appear widely on the Internet have have been toughened by natural selection as they evolved into a dominant species of Internet meme. On August 13th, a new version of Strawberry Guy was submitted by user RMPage in a comic titled "Strawberry's Official Return." This was added to the Rage Builder along with other I Lied variations like "No Homo", "Watermelon Man" and "Bad Apple" under the category "Fruit Men" on August 19th, 2011.Photo illustration by Aurich Lawson reader comments 230 with The following day, Cheezburger user Yarcofin submitted a re-framed comic with Strawberry Guy in the final panel accompanied by the text "challenge accepted". ![]() On June 22nd, 2011, a comic was posted to Memebase titled "Just wait until you see Strawberry Guy" that pointed out that I Lied guy resembled a blueberry looking. Additional derivatives can be found on Memebase, Tumblr and FunnyJunk. A Meme Generator page has 152 submissions, a Quickmeme page has 211 submissions and a Facebook fan page has 4,272 likes as of December 7th, 2011. The "I Lied Meme" single topic Tumblr was created on October 3rd. On July 31st, artist Sam Spartt uploaded an artistic rendition of the "I Lied" face to his Flickr page. On August 23rd, a slideshow featuring various "I Lied" comics was uploaded to YouTube. Sometimes spoken just after, with a smirk and a smoking gun.Ī compilation of "I Lied" comics were posted to the blog Pleated Jeans on June 30th, 2011. Spoken by the villain (or a particularly unmerciful hero) just before killing the hostage, blowing up the Doomed Hometown, using the Doomsday Device, or some other act of merciless badness. Stock Phrase uttered in response to You Said You Would Let Them Go or a similar expression of shock at a broken promise of lenience or forgiveness. On TV Tropes, "I Lied" is described as a common phrase associated with villains in fictional works. Used to fake, fool, or decieve someone in a funny joking sarcastic way The word often used as an exclamation which serves to tell what you just said was false or wrong. The rage face functions in a similar fashion to the slang word "psych" (also known as "sike", or "syke"), that indicates that a lie has just been told. A revised version of the face that became common in other rage comics began with the second ‘I Lied’ thread made by Coveiro on May 14th, 2011. ![]() The thread reached the front page of the f7u12 subreddit and accumulated 8,753 up votes prior to being archived. According to a timeline of rageface origins on Reddit, the first instance of 'I Lied' was in a comic posted by Redditor Coveiro titled "I was way evil back then" on May 10th, 2011. ![]()
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