Popular Memes/ Rage Faces

Troll Face

-This face is commonly used to infer that someone was being fooled or angered intentionally, "trolling". Originated on 4chan in 2008.


Forever Alone

-Mostly used in Rage Comics to express loneliness and lack of fulfillment with life. Originated on 4Chan in 2010.

 Me Gusta

-When used in rage comics, the face is used to describe an awkward or disgusting event. "Me Gusta" in English translates to "It pleases me". Originated on Reddit in early 2011. Within hours of the face being posted on a thread me gusta had already taken over sites like tumblr, 4chan and funnyjunk.

Y U No Guy

  -Uses SMS shorthand style writing to bring attention to a certain subject. One of the most manipulated rage face to date. Originated on Tumblr in 2010.

Rage Guy (FUUUU-UUUU)

  -Rage Guy created the foundation for rage comics, which describes an everyday situation that eventually ends up bringing rage. Originated on 4Chan in 2008. In early 2010 merchandiser Hot Topic created shirts with rage guy on the front. Users of Reddit and 4Chan were disappointed with commercial sales of rage guy, so they began to give rage guy racist qualities thus halting the sales of the t-shirts.

F*** Yea

  -F*** yea guy illustrates triumphant moments that occur in our daily lives that make us feel awesome. Originated on /b/ board in 2010.

Scumbag Steve

  -Scumbag Steve is a meme that includes overlaid texts usually depicting partying, drugs or unethical actions. The image came from a rap album called Ma Gangsta by a rap group named Beantown Mafia.
"Scumbag Steve" is a 21 year old named Blake Boston. Originated on Reddit, early 2011.

Philosoraptor 

  -Philosoraptor is an image macro series that often questions paradoxes and challenges the reader with deep, existential questions. Was originally created as a t-shirt but was soon adopted by 4Chan as a meme.

PedoBear

  -PedoBear gained its notoriety through 4Chan in which an image of a bear would be used to signal illegal pornographic content by another user. PedoBear is often found in the background of child-like activities inferring pedophilia activity. Originated on 4Chan, although the date of discovery is unknown.

 Joseph Ducreux

-Joseph Ducreux is an 18th century French artist who was known for his unorthodox style of portrait paintings. The internet adopted him as a meme with overlaying text featuring archaic reinterpretations of rap lyrics. Originated from various websites in 2009.

Foul Bachelor Frog

-Foul Bachelor Frog Meme depicts situations in which a single bachelor would find himself. Usually unhealthy or disgusting scenarios. Originated on memegenerator in 2009.

Good Guy Greg

-The Good Guy Greg meme is actually an antithesis to the Scumbag Steve meme, which means this meme deals with situations where "greg" is put into a situation and chooses the morally correct action. It is unknown who "Greg" is in real life but the meme originated on 4Chan in 2009.