About

OK Bye Mom is a multi-pane exploitable comic series in which a young boy rushes to a laptop computer to search for something on Google immediately after his mother leaves the house. The comics began circulating on Reddit's /r/me_irl subreddit in late April 2016.

Origin

On April 25th, 2016, Redditor Venomyze submitted a four-pane comic in which a son rushes to a computer to Google search the query "how to make my wiener fuckign huge" after his mother leaves the house to "run some erands" (shown below). Within five weeks, the post accumulated more than 7,100 votes (93% upvoted) and 100 comments on the /r/me_irl^[6] subreddit.

Spread

On April 25th, 2016, Redditor xAgenDa uploaded a version of the comic in which the child searches for the term "Roblox Tiddies" to /r/dankmemes^[3] (shown below, left). The following day, Redditor Thirdfreshstart uploaded a recreation of the comic in MS Paint to the /r/coaxedintoasnafu^[4] subreddit (shown below, right).

On May 2nd, Redditor johnnc2 posted a Dat Boi version of the comic to /r/me_irl,^[7] where it received over 3,500 votes (85% upvoted) and 40 comments over the next month. On May 7th, Redditor Defiantific uploaded a version of the comic in which a dog searches for the query "where did my balls go" (shown below, right). Within one month, the post gathered upwards of 6,500 votes (91% upvoted) and 60 comments on the /r/me_irl^[2] subreddit.

On May 19th, Redditor fawn_rescuer posted an edit of the comic referencing the Mission Report: December 16th, 1991 meme, gaining over 2,800 votes (92% upvoted) and 30 comments within three weeks on the /r/me_irl^[5] subreddit (shown below, left). On May 27th, the Shit4chanPosts Tumblr^[1] blog posted a comic in which the boy frantically searches for "how to rotate text in paint" (shown below, right). Within two weeks, the post gained over 34,500 notes.

Search Interest

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