LOL Guy
Added by Don • Updated 3 months ago by SabrinaTibbetts
![LOL Guy](https://i.kym-cdn.com/entries/icons/original/000/004/815/lologuy.jpg)
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Tags: rage comic,
Additional References: Meme Generator,
![LOL Guy](https://i.kym-cdn.com/entries/icons/original/000/004/815/lologuy.jpg)
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About • Origin • Spread • Notable Examples • Search Interest • External References • |
About
LOL Guy is a rage comic character that is often used to indicate laughter and general amusement.
Origin
An email sent to Know Your Meme suggests that the image was initially posted to the /b/ (random) board on 4chan on June 14th, 2010.
"Hello there, I think it's time to straighten out some things about the LOL Guy. About MY LOL Guy. That's right, I draw this ugly piece of crap in MS Paint on the 14. June 2010 and I first posted it on /b/ in a "This is now a meme"-Thread."
A few days later on June 18th, the earliest known instance of LOL Guy rage comic was submitted to the /r/f7u12[1] subreddit, featuring a customer attempting to return a fake Pokemon game cartridge to the EB Games store (shown below). Prior to being archived, the post received over 155 up votes and 30 comments.
![88a.jpg T keto s«turn fis EB GAMES GETOUT LOL GAMES](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/000/505/292/88a.jpg)
Spread
On August 3rd, 2010, admin Jae of the Joined Artists Forum[7] started a rage comics thread, in which he posted an untooned LOL Guy photoshop of himself (shown below).
![720.jpg](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/000/505/301/720.jpg)
In November of that year, a Meme Generator[2] page for "LOL Guy" was created, garnering upwards of 3,000 items within the next three years. On December 26th, 2011, a listing for LOL Guy stickers was created on the online retailer Zazzle,[8] receiving over 1,500 reviews in the following 13 months. On February 18th, 2012, YouTuber MikeHorak uploaded a video titled "LOL Guy Song," which featured a dancing stick figure with the LOL Guy face accompanied by the song "Me Gustas Mucho" by La Banda De Los Pobres Musica De Viento (shown below).
On August 13th, a Facebook[6] page titled "LOL Guy" was launched, accumulating over 900 likes within the next six months. On November 4th, Etsy[5] seller Madeleine Fair Juul listed a LOL Guy ring on her store page (shown below). On January 19th, 2013, DragonArt[4] user Dawn submitted an instructional post on how to draw the LOL Guy.
![e5f.jpg](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/000/505/297/e5f.jpg)
Notable Examples
![tumblr_lpaaee1mzH1ql7vuvo1_500.png Nurse. What's the status on the boy who swallowed all the quarters? Still no change. LOL 」。」](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/000/166/325/tumblr_lpaaee1mzH1ql7vuvo1_500.png)
![tumblr_lfpipkuomZ1qdmhdro1_1280.png Hey, me too.. about going green this year. LOL LOL YouThisMeThat.tumblr.c](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/000/166/301/tumblr_lfpipkuomZ1qdmhdro1_1280.png)
![tumblr_lp094fZJ3W1r0tq4po1_500.jpg dont leave me i love you i'm sorry but... LOL you're just not my type](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/000/166/247/tumblr_lp094fZJ3W1r0tq4po1_500.jpg)
![rage-comics-in-a-flash-he-was-gone.jpg A wild walkway appearS In airport with parents, (young me) ...ABOUT IT" 0 RAGEBUILDER.COM](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/000/127/965/rage-comics-in-a-flash-he-was-gone.jpg)
Search Interest
External References
[1] Reddit – Meet LOL Guy
[3] Tumblr – Fuck Yeah LOL Guy
[4] DragonArt – How to Draw LOL Guy
[5] Etsy – LOL Guy Rage Comic Ring
[7] Wayback Machine – Joined Artists
[8] Zazzle – LOL Guy Meme Sticker
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Tags: rage comic,
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