Description[]
Okay Guy, simply known as Okay, refers to four-pane cartoon strips rage comic depicting a stick figure saying “okay” in various circumstances where most Rage Comics characters would be inclined to disagree or react negatively. Popularized by 4chan imageboard, this spin-off series brings an interesting twist to the original Rage Guy as an overly agreeable, self-deprecating guy. Following the format of popular Rage Comics, each four-paned strip usually consists of a short exchange between someone and the Okay Guy character, who always brings on the anti-climatic response “okay” with a really sad face.
The opposite of him is the Actually Guy, also known as Not Okay Guy.
History[]
The illustration is rumored to have originated on the imageboard 4chan, but no archived thread was found. The earliest known instance of the face was posted on the Russian internet humor website JoyReactor on June 4, 2009.
Web usage[]
On April 16, 2011, the "Okay Guy" Quickmeme page was created, featuring the Okay Guy face in advice animal-style image macros with captions describing disappointing situations. Within the next two years, the page received over 3,300 new submissions.
On May 7, the "Okay Guy Comic" Tumblr blog was launched, which highlighted notable rage comics, image macros and photoshops featuring the rage face. On Juy 29, a Facebook page titled "Okay Guy" was created, gaining upwards of 440 likes in the first two years. On November 16, a post was submitted to the r/pics subreddit, featuring a photo of a man bearing a striking resemblance to the Okay Guy. Prior to being archived, the post received over 8,000 up votes and 380 comments.
On December 15, the @okayguy_meme Twitter feed was launched, which tweeted notable captions from the image macro series. On December 27, Redditor ryansayshai submitted a post titled "The Original Okay Guy" to the r/funny subreddit, including an image comparing the rage comic face to the character Toby from the comedy television series The Office. Prior to being archived, the post accumulated more than 5,200 up votes and 100 comments.
Derivative memes[]
Actually Guy[]
The rage comic character Actually… It's Not Okay or Actually Guy is typically used in rage comics immediately following the Okay Guy character, indicating that the subject had a change of heart and is not willing to give up.
External links[]
- Joy Reactor – 2045
- Quickmeme – Okay Guy
- Tumblr – Okay Guy Comic via Wayback Machine
- Facebook – Okay Guy
- Reddit – The original okay guy
- Twitter – okayguy_meme
- Reddit – the ilusive irl okay guy
- Know Your Meme - Okay Guy
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| Actually Guy · Are You Kidding Me? · Are You Serious · Aww Yeah · Baby Trollface · Bad Poker Face · Big Mouth High · Broken Heart Guy · Cat Lol · Cat Gasp · Cat Glare · Cat Overload · Cereal Guy · Cereal Guy (Spitting) · Cereal Guy (Squint) · Challenge Accepted · Challenged Considered · Challenge Denied · Challenge Failed · Clever Girl · Concentrated Guy · Conflicting Emotions Guy · Crazy TrollFace · Crazy Rage Guy Creepy Trollface · Crying Guy · Cuteness Overload! · Daily Lie · Danny Trejo · Dark Stare Guy · Derpina · Dog · Dolan Duk · Duck Yeah · Dude Come On · Epic Fail Guy · Epic Win Guy · Eternal Contempt · Everything Went Better Than Expected · Fap Guy · Feel Like a Ninja · Feel Like a Sir Guy · Feel Like a Liege · Freddie Mercury · F**k Yeah · Forever Alone · Fsjal · Genius · Gentlemen guy · Goofy Smile Guy · Grandma · Grin Guy · GTFO Guy · Hah! G**! · Happy Guy · Walking Guy · Herp Derp · Horror Rage Guy · Computer Guy · Huh? Guy · Hyper Troll · I Am Determined · If You Know What I Mean · I Lied · I Know That Feel · I'm Watching You · Impossibru · Indeed · I Regret Nothing · I See What You Did There · I Truthed · It's Not Okay · Le Monkey Face · Lesquee ·Little Kid Face · kitteh smile ·LOL Guy · Long Neck Guy ·Me Culpa · Me Gusta Creepy Me Gusta · Mega Rage Face · Meh Cat · Michelle Rage Face · Milk Guy · Mother of God... · Must Resist Guy · Muy Elegante · My Brain Is Full Of F*** · We Got a Bad*** Over Here · Never Alone · NO Guy · No Me Gusta · No, Whyyyy?!! · Not Okay · Not Sure If Gusta · Numb Guy · Not Bad · Oh God Why · Oh God Guy · Oh No Guy · Oh S*** Guy · Oh Stop it, You · Oh Sweet Jesus · Ohhh, Yes Guy · Okay Guy · Okay Guy (Sad Shadow) · Omega Trollface · OMG Guy · OMG Run · OMG Face · Open Mouth Guy · Questoning, Pondering · Quiet Guy · PFFFTTTCHH · PFFFRRR · Poker Face · Possibru · Problemo Trollface · Rage Guy · Rainbow Face · Reaction Guy · Red Eyed Rage Guy · Sad Guy · Sad Trollface · Shaking Guy · So Close · So Hardcore · Son, I am dissapoint · So There Guy · Smashing Guy · Smile Guy · Spiderman guy · Stoned Guy · Super Rage Guy · Sure, Baby · Suspicious Guy · Sweet Jesus Have Mercy · Thanks · Thumbs Up Guy · True Story · Trollface · Trollface 2.0 · Unhappy Rage Guy · Wait Guy · Whyyyyy guy · X all the Y · Yao Ming Face · You Don't Say · You're The Man · Your Pain, It Amuses Me Guy · You, What Have You Done!? · You Win This Time! · Y U NO Guy Note: Some of these pages contain offensive/NSFW content. |
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