# 86 year-old makes "rage" comic **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 7, 2011, 5:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/86-year-old-makes-rage-comic/602145 "2011-11-07T05:56:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![voguevixen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b5ac83/32.png) [@voguevixen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/voguevixen)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2011, 5:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/86-year-old-makes-rage-comic/602145/1 "2011-11-07T05:56:20Z")
Don’t know how familiar you are with Tumblr or memes or assorted internet phenomena but this guy managed to take the ball and run with it. Astounding and very moving. [![](https://i.imgur.com/Cpdaq.jpg) ](https://i.imgur.com/Cpdaq.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Dave\_Hartwick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7feea3/32.png) [@Dave\_Hartwick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dave_Hartwick)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2011, 7:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/86-year-old-makes-rage-comic/602145/2 "2011-11-07T07:02:28Z")
I wasn’t astounded but I was moved. I’ll probably post it on FB if I remember. ---
**Author:** ![Mikemike2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mikemike2/32/305_2.png) [@Mikemike2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mikemike2)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2011, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/86-year-old-makes-rage-comic/602145/3 "2011-11-07T14:02:08Z")
I liked it. ---
**Author:** ![willthekittensurvive](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/91b2a8/32.png) [@willthekittensurvive](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/willthekittensurvive)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2011, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/86-year-old-makes-rage-comic/602145/4 "2011-11-07T14:42:29Z")
nice, do you think it was actualy made by a 86 year? not a snark, just wondering ---
**Author:** ![Alka\_Seltzer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c89c15/32.png) [@Alka\_Seltzer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alka_Seltzer)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2011, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/86-year-old-makes-rage-comic/602145/5 "2011-11-07T14:48:51Z")
I’m also wondering that, is it attributed anywhere? ---
**Author:** ![Frylock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ce7236/32.png) [@Frylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frylock)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2011, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/86-year-old-makes-rage-comic/602145/6 "2011-11-07T14:54:11Z")
I am paranoid. I need to know for certain that this is what it purports to be before I share it. ---
**Author:** ![Frylock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ce7236/32.png) [@Frylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frylock)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2011, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/86-year-old-makes-rage-comic/602145/7 "2011-11-07T15:21:40Z")
It seems to come from a reddit post by “1925gamer.” It is 1925gamer’s first and only post to reddit. ---
**Author:** ![bup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6bbea6/32.png) [@bup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bup)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2011, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/86-year-old-makes-rage-comic/602145/8 "2011-11-07T16:35:58Z")
Really moving. ---
**Author:** ![Rigamarole](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/77aa72/32.png) [@Rigamarole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rigamarole)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2011, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/86-year-old-makes-rage-comic/602145/9 "2011-11-07T16:47:15Z")
TL;DR. Rage comics are supposed to be pithy! ---
**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2011, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/86-year-old-makes-rage-comic/602145/10 "2011-11-07T17:46:26Z")
I like it- it reminds me of a lot of the autobio alternative comics of the Weirdo era. ---
**Author:** ![Alka\_Seltzer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c89c15/32.png) [@Alka\_Seltzer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alka_Seltzer)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2011, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/86-year-old-makes-rage-comic/602145/11 "2011-11-07T17:57:25Z")
It could be genuine, but it does read a little glurgy to me. Since we have another thread on the subject of alternative [authorship](http://i.imgur.com/Cpdaq.jpg) I’ll channel that, and observe the author made a fatal mistake. No-one likes Nintendo and Sega. When two tribes go to war… ---
**Author:** ![Agent\_Foxtrot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9fc29f/32.png) [@Agent\_Foxtrot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Agent_Foxtrot)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2011, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/86-year-old-makes-rage-comic/602145/12 "2011-11-07T17:59:31Z")
God, I hope I stay with the times like the creator of that comic. ---
**Author:** ![Swords\_to\_Plowshares](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b38774/32.png) [@Swords\_to\_Plowshares](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Swords_to_Plowshares)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2011, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/86-year-old-makes-rage-comic/602145/13 "2011-11-07T18:00:33Z")
I saw it on Reddit when it was originally posted, and at the time there was zero verification of authorship. I highly doubt it’s real, and I’m surprised Reddit would fall for it hook, line, and sinker after all the times they’ve been duped. Remember “PAW PAW?!” ---
**Author:** ![Sage\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sage_rat/32/399_2.png) [@Sage\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sage_Rat)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2011, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/86-year-old-makes-rage-comic/602145/14 "2011-11-07T18:10:14Z")
> [@Swords\_to\_Plowshares](#): > > I saw it on Reddit when it was originally posted, and at the time there was zero verification of authorship. I highly doubt it’s real, and I’m surprised Reddit would fall for it hook, line, and sinker after all the times they’ve been duped. Remember “PAW PAW?!” While suspicious of the authorship, I have to admit that I can’t see the motive for creating it if it’s not real. It’s sufficiently bland and pointless that I can’t think of any reason to create it other than if you’re an old guy showing off your meme-knowledge. ---
**Author:** ![Swords\_to\_Plowshares](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b38774/32.png) [@Swords\_to\_Plowshares](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Swords_to_Plowshares)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2011, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/86-year-old-makes-rage-comic/602145/15 "2011-11-07T18:16:58Z")
> [@Sage\_Rat](#): > > While suspicious of the authorship, I have to admit that I can’t see the motive for creating it if it’s not real. It’s sufficiently bland and pointless that I can’t think of any reason to create it other than if you’re an old guy showing off your meme-knowledge. For the same reason that there’s already been fake grandpa stories on Reddit\*: they want attention, and glurge from old people learning to use technology is a major attention grabber and karma gold mine. \*The Paw Paw/Grandpa Wiggly fiasco and the old war vet AMA come to mind. ---
**Author:** ![Lukeinva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lukeinva/32/17872_2.png) [@Lukeinva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lukeinva)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2011, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/86-year-old-makes-rage-comic/602145/16 "2011-11-07T20:51:47Z")
Skeptics. What possible motive could there be for posting that as an untrue story? There really isn’t one. ---
**Author:** ![Covered\_In\_Bees](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7ab992/32.png) [@Covered\_In\_Bees](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Covered_In_Bees)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2011, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/86-year-old-makes-rage-comic/602145/17 "2011-11-07T20:57:44Z")
> [@Lukeinva](#): > > Skeptics. > > What possible motive could there be for posting that as an untrue story? There really isn’t one. Because perhaps it’s exactly that, a story? People can tell stories from the perspective of a person they are not. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2011, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/86-year-old-makes-rage-comic/602145/18 "2011-11-07T21:25:52Z")
I will note that whoever wrote it got Vietnam and Korea mixed up. Though that could be a brainfart by an old fart just as easily as by a young one. ---
**Author:** ![MeanOldLady](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/meanoldlady/32/10737_2.png) [@MeanOldLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MeanOldLady)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2011, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/86-year-old-makes-rage-comic/602145/19 "2011-11-07T21:49:18Z")
> [@willthekittensurvive](#): > > nice, do you think it was actualy made by a 86 year? Well it was rambling and schmaltzy, so my guess is yes. ---
**Author:** ![bup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6bbea6/32.png) [@bup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bup)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2011, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/86-year-old-makes-rage-comic/602145/20 "2011-11-07T22:05:20Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > I will note that whoever wrote it got Vietnam and Korea mixed up. Where? [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/86-year-old-makes-rage-comic/602145.md?page=2)