Content warning: This article discusses a meme that uses a term denoting sexual violence. Reader discretion is advised.

'''The Raped''' (sometimes stylized as '''Raped''' or '''the raped''') is an in‑group label used in certain right‑leaning, irony‑driven communities on X (formerly Twitter), Reddit’s r/Bombstrap and the livestream project Fishtank Live. Users apply the term--usually in a dead‑pan “we’ve‑all‑been‑victimized” tone--to anyone they see as spiritually or culturally corrupted by mainstream institutions. Although rape ordinarily refers to sexual assault, in this meme it’s a metaphor for psychic or moral violation; the shock‑value comes from repurposing an extremely charged word for exaggerated self‑pity or fatalism. Because it trivializes real sexual violence, it’s widely regarded as offensive outside the niche that uses it.

Origin

• September 12, 2024 – Comedian Charls Carroll (of Million Dollar Extreme) tweets one‑word, all‑caps update: “'''THE RAPED'''.” It racks up ~80 000 views and spawns copy‑pasta replies where followers call themselves “raped” or ask “who rapes the rapers?”
• Late 2024 – A clip of provocateur Frank Hassle following a pedestrian is captioned “the video that spawned The Raped meme.” Viewers jokingly accused Hassle of “psychically raping” his target, cementing Carroll’s term as a running gag.

Spread

• Fishtank Live (Nov 2024): Sam Hyde’s crowd‑sourced stream adds a “The‑Raped’s Clip” tag for fan edits; dozens of uploads describe participants as “raped.”
• Reddit r/Bombstrap (2024–25): Threads question “What’s with Charls’s obsession with rape?” and refer to users as “truly the raped.”
• Broader X timeline (early 2025): By March 2025, tweets like “How did @goodcharls start the raped meme so effortlessly?” show the phrase entering mainstream right‑wing meme vocab.

Meaning & Usage
Typically used in three senses:

• Cultural despair:
  > “We have all joined the ranks of The Raped tonight.”
• Personal insult:
  > “Ain’t never seen nobody more raped in my life.”
• In‑group reference:
  > “Does the Head Moderator understand the raped?”

Humour derives from mock‑melodramatic self‑victimisation rather than a classic insult.

Controversy
Survivor‑advocacy accounts and general bystanders object that the meme trivialises sexual assault and normalises shock‑value humour. Posts using the phrase are regularly reported or filtered by automated moderation on X and Reddit. Even adjacent right‑wing circles often avoid it for reputational risk.

Search & Interest
Google and X search data for “the raped” + *goodcharls* or fishtank show a surge in September 2024, peaking during the Fishtank Live season (Nov 2024), then leveling off through early 2025. There’s no mainstream press coverage--discussion remains on‑platform and in forum archives like 4plebs.