131 points

This was peak comedy back then. They were good times.

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I hated the “true story” image SO MUCH

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It’s still up there.

#BringBackRage

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I was pre Rage, it’s what my kids grew up on, but the beauty of it is the simplicity. Even if you don’t get into it, you can understand it. It’s like a meme dialect, this one is pretty universal.

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It’s living through the evolution as well. New rage faces would get added and new memes would flood all social media. Jackie Chan would get rage face’d and a new flood would start.

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the fact that it’s based mainly on typical facial expressions. An angry looking face means angry. You can delve into the “That image actually comes from an interview this guy did and he’s reacting to someone who said something stupid” He looks like he’s exasperated, and that image means “I’m exasperated.” It’s readable the way emoji are.

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f7u12, executed properly, with just the average amount of ‘le’, bland/mainstream/non-niche problem, and late-stage rage comics complexity (amount of feces in the last panel). A solid 8/10 I would say, with extra points for classics revival.

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45 points

Personally I’d give it 5/7, A perfect score!

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19 points

Is that with or without rice?

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33 points

Rage comics is what got me hooked on reddit…

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Same. Kept hearing people say something was stolen from Reddit on meme base so I went to look

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Ngl, it was a good hook back in the day.

Which kinda reminds me - do you think they ever finished translating the lolcat bible?

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2 points

I give it 5 bags of popcorn and maybe add in a little Aaron Swartz keychain

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71 points

You seemed to have dropped this

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51 points

i miss those simpler times

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Narwhal bacon

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12 points

Yeah, but when?

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7 points

Midnight, motherfucker! Midnight!

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35 points

I miss the use of le in memes.

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23 points

I’m sure the French are still making memes.

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But what if they’re le tired?

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Then take le nap… Then FIRE ZE MISSILES!

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8 points

Yes, vee are making le meme

hon hon hon

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