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Rage comic is an Internet meme for a comic centering on a titular rage guy, created from a character, or rage face, which expresses rage or some other simple emotion. Over time, contributors have created numerous stock faces which show readily identifiable emotions. They have been characterized by Ars Technica as an "accepted and standardized form of online communication."

Rage comics' popularity has been attributed to their use as vehicles for humorizing shared experiences. The range of expression and standardized, easily identifiable faces has allowed uses such as teaching English as a foreign language.

History

The meme originated in 2007 on the image board site 4chan and later gained prominence on the internet forum website Reddit. It experienced an upsurge in popularity in 2009. As of January 2011, the rage comic tag "fffffffuuuuuuuuuuuu-" ranked among the top 20 most subscribed on Reddit.

In 2010 the pop-culture retail chain Hot Topic began selling shirts with rage faces. In protest of this co-option, 4chan participants re-branded rage guy as race guy and attempted to tie Hot Topic to the promotion of racism. The chain pulled the shirts soon afterward.

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References

  1. ^ Connor, Tom (11 March 2012). "Fffuuuuuuuu: The Internet anthropologist's field guide to "rage faces"". Ars Technica. Retrieved 12 March 2012.
  2. Hoevel, Ann (11 October 2011). "The Know Your Meme team gets all scientific on teh intarwebs". GeekOut. CNN. Retrieved 9 December 2011.
  3. Wolford, Josh (2 November 2011). "Teaching The English Language With Rage (Comics)". WebProNews. Retrieved 10 November 2011.
  4. "Rage Comics". Know Your Meme. Cheezburger Network. 14 June 2011. Retrieved 9 December 2011.
  5. McGann, Colin (7 March 2011). "Geekin' It: Rage Guy Faces". State Press Magazine. Retrieved 9 December 2011.
  6. http://redditlist.com/
  7. Quigley, Robert (18 November 2010). "Hot Topic Pulls FFFUUUUUUU T-Shirts Following Devious 4chan Ploy (Update)". Geekosystem.
  8. Caldwell, Christina (27 May 2011). "Big Business: Comic books and fantasy emerge as the pop culture epicenter of the internet age". College Times.

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