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Raft Kid is a photoshop meme based on a photograph of a toddler boy screaming with the netting of a swimming float stuck around his face. The image spawned dozens of photoshopped parodies online upon its submission to Reddit in June 2016.

Origin

On June 9th, 2016, Redditor Beerdancer submitted a photograph of a toddler standing and yelling while stuck in the netting of a round swimming float to /r/PhotoshopBattles[1] in a post titied "Child With Raft on his Head." The post garnered 4,822 points (93% upvoted) and over 400 comments, including at least 100 photoshopped responses, prior to being archived.

"source":https://www.reddit.com/r/photoshopbattles/comments/4n9a2l/psbattle_child_with_raft_on_his_head/

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As photoshopped responses began to flood in, various images of unidentified flying object (UFO) emerged as a prominent theme in numerous instances of parodies, including the "I Want to Believe" poster from the American sci-fi TV series X-Files.

"Imgur":http://imgur.com/kALpCgl
"Imgur":http://imgur.com/reQhW91
"Imgur":http://imgur.com/AJY2YbK

On June 9th, Someecards[2] highlighted the Reddit thread in a compilation article titled "Kid with a raft on his head becomes the meme the Internet needs, not the one it deserves." On June 10th, Imgur[3] user WhyTheFuckDoINeedAUserNameOkCallMeChris started a gallery of photoshopped parodies from the /r/PhotoshopBattles thread in a post titled "Meet Raft Kid," which garnered more than 10,756 points and 143,811 views in five days. On June 11th, FunnyJunk[4] user christinap submitted the images from the compilation on Imgur using the same title. On June 14th, The Daily Dot[5] and Uproxx[6] picked up on the photoshopped adventures of the "Raft Kid."

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"Imgur":http://imgur.com/ESFg31f
"Imgur":http://imgur.com/wwSbwNg
"Imgur":http://imgur.com/zFocKSF

"Imgur":http://imgur.com/RIAbxLo
"source":https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/surprised-patrick
See Also - "Thinking With Portals":https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/thinking-with-portals

"Imgur":http://imgur.com/B88Qt7A
"Imgur":http://imgur.com/7ECTUIS
"Imgur":http://imgur.com/U9YnLb6

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Raft Kid

Raft Kid

Updated Jan 29, 2025 at 07:06PM EST by LiterallyAustin.

Added Jun 15, 2016 at 06:24PM EDT by Brad.

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About

Raft Kid is a photoshop meme based on a photograph of a toddler boy screaming with the netting of a swimming float stuck around his face. The image spawned dozens of photoshopped parodies online upon its submission to Reddit in June 2016.

Origin

On June 9th, 2016, Redditor Beerdancer submitted a photograph of a toddler standing and yelling while stuck in the netting of a round swimming float to /r/PhotoshopBattles[1] in a post titied "Child With Raft on his Head." The post garnered 4,822 points (93% upvoted) and over 400 comments, including at least 100 photoshopped responses, prior to being archived.


"source":https://www.reddit.com/r/photoshopbattles/comments/4n9a2l/psbattle_child_with_raft_on_his_head/

Spread

As photoshopped responses began to flood in, various images of unidentified flying object (UFO) emerged as a prominent theme in numerous instances of parodies, including the "I Want to Believe" poster from the American sci-fi TV series X-Files.


"Imgur":http://imgur.com/kALpCgl "Imgur":http://imgur.com/reQhW91 "Imgur":http://imgur.com/AJY2YbK

On June 9th, Someecards[2] highlighted the Reddit thread in a compilation article titled "Kid with a raft on his head becomes the meme the Internet needs, not the one it deserves." On June 10th, Imgur[3] user WhyTheFuckDoINeedAUserNameOkCallMeChris started a gallery of photoshopped parodies from the /r/PhotoshopBattles thread in a post titled "Meet Raft Kid," which garnered more than 10,756 points and 143,811 views in five days. On June 11th, FunnyJunk[4] user christinap submitted the images from the compilation on Imgur using the same title. On June 14th, The Daily Dot[5] and Uproxx[6] picked up on the photoshopped adventures of the "Raft Kid."

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"Imgur":http://imgur.com/ESFg31f "Imgur":http://imgur.com/wwSbwNg "Imgur":http://imgur.com/zFocKSF
"Imgur":http://imgur.com/RIAbxLo "source":https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/surprised-patrick See Also - "Thinking With Portals":https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/thinking-with-portals
"Imgur":http://imgur.com/B88Qt7A "Imgur":http://imgur.com/7ECTUIS "Imgur":http://imgur.com/U9YnLb6

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