I'm Gonna Kick Your Son In the Ribs

Updated Jan 29, 2025 at 08:24PM EST by LiterallyAustin.

Added May 21, 2018 at 12:34PM EDT by Adam.

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About

I'm Gonna Kick Your Son In the Ribs refers to an exploitable Facebook thread in which a woman shows an image of her child dressed up in a specific outfit. Another user replies "Why would your son enjoy being dressed like X? I'm gonna kick your son in the ribs."

Origin

In the original screenshot, a woman shows her son being dressed up as Donald Trump. A user replies "Why would he enjoy being a dickhead? I'm gonna kick your son in the ribs." The screenshot was first posted to Tumblr by user iwishihadafather on November 4th, 2015, gaining over 495,000 notes.^[2] That day, an edited version was posted to Funnyjunk (shown below).^[1]

Michelle Thanks everyone. He enjoyed being Donald for a day. Sun at 01:59 Like 21 Nicholas why would he enjoy being a d------- Sun at 02:22 Like 3 Nicholas I'm gonna kick your son in the ribs Sun at 0222

Spread

The image spread through Tumblr and began appearing on other sites. For example, on April 24th, 2016, the image appeared on /r/the_donald, where it gained over 2,400 points.^[3] Exploitable edits began appearing shortly after the original was posted. For example, A Tony Abbot edit was posted to KnowYourMeme on November 13th, 2015 (shown below, left). A Linda Glocke joke was uploaded to KnowYourMeme on November 20th, 2015 (shown below, right).

Michelle Thanks everyone. He enjoyed being a boat for a day. it ade-costumes.com Sun at 01:59 . Like . idw 21 Tony why would he enjoy being a d------- Sun at 02:22 Like 3 Tony I'm gonna kick your son in the ribs Sun at 02 22

ASO H .11 97+1 07:57 Replies Michelle Randall Thanks everyone. He enjoyed being IsIs for a day. Sun at 01:59 Like 21 Linda Clarke why would he enjoy being a d------- Sun at 02:22 . Like . 3 Linda Clarke I'm gonna destroy your son Sun at 02:22 . Like . : 1 Write a reply...

Many of the images created in the template were inspired by pop culture. For example, some popular edits include an Overwatch parody posted to Tumblr by kuueater that gained over 9,800 notes (shown below, left). On August 28th, 2016, Imgur user twopiecesoftoast posted a history meme with the template (shown below, right).