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Mad, Red and Nude Online

Mad, Red and Nude Online

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About

Mad, Red, and Nude Online is a popular way on Twitter to mockingly characterize someone getting heated in an online debate.

Origin

According to New York Magazine,[1] the first instance of a person getting "mad and nude" online was @ScottyBurberry, who, in an argument about beer vs. vodka, posted a picture of himself in his underwear in a tweet that read "Beta Male doesn't realize when he's been outclassed" (shown below).


〈 y Tweet Scott! @ScottyBurberry gryking @BrooklynJuggler when he's been outclassed. Goatyeah Beta Male doesn't realize 4:48 PM 26 Jan 14 Reply to Scott! 140 TWEET

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While the origins of the exact phrase "mad, red, and nude online" are unclear, a Twitter thread posted by @robdelaney[2] inquiring about its origins received a response pointing to a June 26th, 2015 tweet by @leyawn[3] in which he posted a photo parodying the dissenting opinion of former Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia of the Supreme Court ruling allowing gay marriage. In the fake dissent, shown below, Scalia claims he is "not nude under his robes," and that he "saw someone post a tweet that said I was naked and red and jumping up and down and angry whenever I presented my dissents. That is not true."


8 OBERGEFELL v. HODGES SCALIA, J., dissenting and stop making f------ photoshops of my dissents. I didn't say any of that s---. I'm not nude under this robe. I wear normal clothes under here like all the other Justices24. I saw someone post a tweet where it said I was naked and red and jumping up and down and angry whenever I presented my dissents. That's not true. So quit it with the f------ screenshots of my words that you photoshop or whatever into saying that I tripped on my way to the bench and my robe flew up over my head and my balls slipped out of my cargo shorts and that Justice Alito stepped on them and made me cry. That didn't f------ happen. You guys think you're so funny making me say stupid s--- well what if I made a case against photoshop. I can do that. I'm a Supreme Court Justice. I'm the one in the robes m------------, which I'm not nude under I wear normal clothes. God damnit shut up Thomas and let me finish reading this. Yeah I wrote this part in here because I knew you would interrupt right here and say that sometimes I wear nothing but a jock strap under my robes. Sorry about that I'm just having a hard time because I keep on having to write dissents because we keep losing. I don't know why it keeps happening. Don't cry man you're going to make me cry. Now look you idiot, we're both crying and holding each other for comfort. Do... do you want to get married. No haha I was just kidding. That was a joke 24 Like a button up shirt and pants, normal stuff not weird

@leyawn's tweet has gained nearly 1,800 retweets and 3,200 likes in two years. This started a trend on Twitter where typical U Mad? responses to heated argument became "are you mad, red, and nude online?" On November 21st, 2015, @serious_account[4] posted a NSFW video of himself demonstrating the ridiculous practice of getting naked in response to being trolled online in a tweet that gained over 300 retweets. The video was included in New York Magazine's rundown of the "Red and Nude" phenomenon, posted December 14th, 2015.[1] Another notable use of the phrase was used by the people behind the Shit Account Tournament in their interview with New York Magazine.[5] They described Milo Yiannopoulos as being "beet red and nude online" in response to being banned from the 2015 tournament for stuffing the ballots. The phrase was consistently used throughout 2016 as a way to describe people who are angry about being trolled.[6]

Various Examples


love my eggs @RS_Benedict Follow / only Meloni could pull off literally being mad, red and nude online Chris Meloni @Chris Meloni The revolution is upon us. If u can't see the con then u r willfully blind.#Resist, good nite RETWEETSL 回四■骂逅 20 80 1:22 AM-26 Jan 2017 rob delaney Φ @robdelaney Follow Who first wrote the "Not Mad, red or nude" thing here on Twitter? Because Jeb! Is extremely Not Mad, nor nude nor bright red at Trump RETWEETSL LIKES 5 65 9:20 AM-2 Sep 2015 shrill neoliberal Follow . @earlmanwich In lieu of actual journalism, unemployed perpetually not nude and mad and red online Mike Tracey just scolds every other journalist Mane 0sMichael Tracey @mtracey Mom EOc ios Yesterday: the inimitable @joshrogin spreads rumors of an em ai impending Executive Order by Trump to restrict LGBT rights. Josh logi Today: oops, nevermind funding SeeNaziPunchNazi @Vicious_pen Follow This guy is in no way red mad and nude online. He is not fully invested in what I think of him at all. nothing to see here Bruce B@belisariusx @Vicious_pen you still haven't said anything. Drop the bong. Wipe the c-- off your fingers and nose. Go to bed. Without the dog. He is sore pasta enthusiast @beninbushwick Follow i've seen the best minds of my generation destroyed by irony mad, nude, and red online dragging themselves through garbage tweets at dawn RETWEETSL S LIKES 3 17 1:11 PM- 13 Jan 2017 Luke O'Neil @lukeonel47 Following No one in the history of online has ever been as nude and red-assed mad than James Woods. This dude hasn't had a shirt on in months. RETWEETSL 16 193 9:24 PM -3 Jan 2017 4 3 16193

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External References

[1] New York Magazine – The Nine Canonical Responses to ‘U Mad,’ the Internet’s Most Grievous Insult

[2] Twitter – @robdelaney

[3] Twitter – @leyawn

[4] Twitter – @Serious_Account

[5] New York Magazine – There’s a Tournament to Determine the Worst Twitter Account of 2015, and It’s Almost Over

[6] Twitter – Red and Nude search

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