X All The Y

Description[]

“Clean All The Things!”, also known as “All The Things!”, and sometimes known as “X All The Y”, is a snowclone and also an exploitable cartoon used to make a hyperbolic statement about performing an action. The person in the original comic panel is often manipulated to appear as a different character.

History[]

It originated from the blog website Blogger, known for hosting the domain blogspot.com. The blog Hyperbole and a Half published a comic titled This is Why I’ll Never be an Adult by artist Allie Brosh on June 17, 2010. The comic describes the author’s frustration with her inability to maintain a consistent enthusiasm for her daily responsibilities.

Web usage[]

A Canvas thread that featured remixed images "clean all the things?" panel was created on April 28, 2011.^[1] It was posted to the Canvas blog on May 2, 2011.^[2]

A Reddit thread posted on June 23 titled "Every afternoon on NPR" had a derivative that parodied the radio show All Things Considered, and reached the front page, receiving 6,299 upvotes.^[3] On June 25, a derivative was posted titled "How I feel whenever I play a Lego anything videogame" to Reddit's rage comic f7u12 subreddit, and received 95 upvotes.^[4] On June 27, a derivative was posted titled "Whenever I build a campfire" that received 451 upvotes.^[5]

The r/allthethings subreddit was created on July 13, 2011, and has 97 subscribers as of August 18, 2011.^[6]

Like most of the other ragefaces, the "CLEAN ALL THE THINGS!" comic touches a direct nerve in me and in many redditors. This community is devoted to memetic variations on that wonderful image.

References[]

	Rage Comics Characters
	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 · Cover Yourself in Oil · Crazy TrollFace · Crazy Rage Guy · 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 · Fk 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 · Troll Dad · 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.

[1] ttp://canv.as/p/3k2xm

[2] ttp://blog.canv.as/post/5136962861/things-we-like-hyperbole-and-a-half

[3] ttp://ww.reddit.com/r/pics/comments/i7kju/every_afternoon_on_npr/

[4] ttps://www.reddit.com/r/fffffffuuuuuuuuuuuu/comments/i8yt9/how_i_feel_whenever_i_play_a_lego_anything_video/

[5] ttps://www.reddit.com/r/pics/comments/ia559/whenever_i_have_a_campfire/

[6] ttps://www.reddit.com/r/allthethings

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