Redneck Randal
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About
Redneck Randal is an advice animal image macro series centered around a picture of a mustached young man wearing a sleeveless American pride t-shirt and posing with two thumbs up. The captions typically involve poking fun at the lifestyle of so-called American “rednecks[2],” a derogatory slang term for people from the southern United States associated with unabashed American pride, beer drinking, and rural life.[3]
Origin
The earliest known instance of the image macro was shared on Reddit[4] on March 4th, 2011. The caption alludes to an incestual relationship between the character and his daughter, a common trope employed in redneck humor.[5] Originally uploaded via Quickmeme[1], there are 7891 instances of the series on the site as of May 2012.
Following the blog coverage of Redneck Randal, a Memebase[6] user commented on May 11th, 2011 that the identity of the man in the photo is a Texas arcade owner named Cory Clinkscales.[7] Meanwhile, several other commenters claimed that the photo is of a Mississippi resident named Hunter Smith. The image’s original site of origin still remains unclear.
Spread
A compilation of Redneck Randal images were featured on internet humor blog The Bigster[10] on May 22nd, 2011. Two additional sets from the series can be found on image macro gallery site #1 Meme Universal Trend in 2011.[13][14] In 2012, another compilation was hosted on humor blog Runt of the Web.[16] On Reddit, a Redneck Randal image post[8] earned 1172 points on April 12th, 2012. The next month, an instance with the caption “Then I told the teacher lady I ain’t no homosapien, I’m a heterosapien” was featured as the “Meme of the Week” in the Atlanta magazine GA Voice.[15] As of May 2012, there are more than 400 instances[9] of the series on Reddit. Redneck Randal has continued to spread on Memebase[11] and Tumblr.[12]
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External References
[1] Quickmeme – Redneck Randal
[3] Urban Dictionary – Redneck
[4] Reddit – Redneck Randal, you so crazy
[5]ABC News – Is ‘Hillbilly’ Humor Offensive?
[6] Memebase – Redneck Randal: The Only Alphabet You’ll Ever Need
[7] MySpace – Cory Clinkscales
[8] Reddit – Redneck Randal
[9] Reddit – Search results for “Redneck Randal”
[10] The Bigster – The Best of Redneck Randal Meme
[11] Memebase – Redneck Randal Category
[12] Tumblr – Posts tagged Redneck Randal
[13] 1MUT – Redneck Randal Meme Collection
[14] 1MUT – Redneck Randal Meme Collection 2
[15] GA Voice –
Meme of the week: Redneck Randal ain’t no homo
[16] Runt of the Web – The Rural Rube: Redneck Randal Meme
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Mr. Mediocre
Mar 20, 2012 at 07:48PM EDT+39
>Take stereotypical remark of a generalized group
>Plaster over picture of an unsuspecting person portraying said stereotype
>Give alliterating title
>???
>INSTANT INTERNET MEME
magallanes
May 11, 2012 at 11:14PM EDT+26
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