![]() The forever alone rage comic became popular to the point that the expression forever alone took off as its own meme in the mainstream, and is often used as a hashtag or a reaction comment in social media. Interest in the phrase forever alone peaked on Google Trends in 2012-right around Valentine’s Day. The forever alone face appeared in a popular 2010 video game, Super Meat Boy, and a marketing campaign by Sony Ericsson’s Xperiathon, a solo marathon project. For instance, one comic begins with a stick figure coming home from work and announcing, “Honey, I’m home.” The character then eats a literal jar of honey, culminating in the forever alone face with traces of honey on his lips. He is usually depicted as crying in the final panel of a comic along with the words forever alone, used a kind of punchline after some experience of failure, rejection, or isolation in romantic relationships. The forever alone rage comic has squashed, wrinkled head with an enormous jaw and dimpled chin, and a stick figure body. Rage comics are a popular online series depicting reactions to awkward, uncomfortable, or painful situations in a humorous light by means of a collection of computer-drawn, caricatured faces. 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).The phrase forever alone has been used as a dramatic expression of loneliness since at least the mid-1800s, notably used in an 1876 poem by Margaret Lawrence Pray, “Then and Now,” which features the lines, “My life one echoless monotone, / Alone, alone-forever alone.” But in modern consciousness, forever alone took off in 2010 as a rage comic character, apparently first created by illustrator Dominic Vanner. 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”. The Me Gusta Guy can be used to express pleasure in unpleasant situations. Who originally made rage comics The face was posted on 4chan in March of 2010 by a person named Insert. Rage and his symbiote died after being consumed by a poison. Both of them were attacked by a group of poison. Rageguy has made the list for the "5 Internet Meme Finalists", alongside Sad Keanu, Double Rainbow and Bed Intruder (winner). Rage and D-Man helped to evacuate Manhattan. 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. Though rage comics began as paneled comics, the faces have become common enough, spread online through popular memes, for users to post a stand-alone rage face as a reaction image. The image consisted of a 4-pane comic made in MS Paint portraying the "toilet splashback" experience. For example, in rage comic culture, one would not say the rage comics, but le rage comics. The first instance of Rageguy came in 2008 on the 4chan /b/ imageboard. ![]()
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