![]() ![]() As of February 15th, 2019, the community had over 13,500 subscribers. The Rage Comic character Le is presumed to originate from late 2008 or so. The image is often used to indicate a trolling attempt, as a response to another user’s post or as an expression of trolling behavior. On November 2, 2018, /r/hmmtodayiwill subreddit was launched. Trollface is a rage comic meme image of a character wearing a mischievous smile, used to symbolise internet trolls and trolling. Additionally, variations of the meme appeared in /r/okbuddyretard subreddit. In the following months, the user reposted multiple memes utilizing the format (examples shown below). The post gained over 17,000 likes in six months. ![]() On August 26th, 2018, popular Instagram account salad.snake reposted the "I Will Launch My Infant Son" instance of the meme. The post received over 400 upvotes in 15 months. On November 12, 2017, Redditor GingerMonkeys posted another version of the meme, originally posted on 4chan, to /r/Comed圜emetery subreddit (shown below, right). The post gained 160 upvotes in 18 months. On August 12th, 2017, Redditor jackscapee posted a bone-hurting version of the meme to /r/bonehurtingjuice subreddit (shown below, left). The post gained over 42,900 likes and reblogs in 18 months. On July 25th, 2017, Tumblr user decaymart posted a four-panel edit of the comic by an unknown author in which the protagonist "launched his infant son into orbit". Starting July 2017, readapted "Today I Will" format started seeing use in ironic memes. While Google search reveals a number of blog posts and bookmarks carrying images of "Today I Will Listen to X", most instances are believed to have originated from 4chan's /mu/ board. One of the earliest "Hmmm Today I Will" image threads was posted via 4chan's /mu/ board (music) in early February 2010 ( NSFW) and similar image threads continued to surface on 4chan and related forums throughout the summer. ![]()
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