About
Oh Stop It, You is a rage comic character that conveys self-modesty or humble gratitude.
Origin
The “Oh Stop It You” character was created by William and posted to his art blog E_X_T_R_A WRLD[1] on December 23rd, 2010. The Tumblr post has accrued 2757 notes as of July 2012.
Spread
The character was used by deviantArt user Fyi-Sus[12] on February 14th, 2011 in an image (shown below, left) describing how she responds to compliments, however, it didn’t make its first appearance in rage comics until September 2nd of that year. The comic (shown below, right) was posted on Memebase[2] and depicts a girl’s reaction after her friend asks her to send him photos of herself in the shower.
Two Facebook fan pages were created for the face[3][4] in November 2011 and a third Facebook fan page[13] in March 2012, which have accrued more than 30,000 likes in aggregate as of July 2012. Throughout the first half of the year, the character has been featured on a number of rage comic hubsites like My Face When[5], Reddit[6], Rage Generator[7] and Ragestache[8], as well as on general internet humor sites 9gag[9], Memebase[10] and Tumblr[11] under the tag “oh stop it you.”
Notable Examples
Hey You, Stop It
The notability of “Oh Stop It You” character went onto inspire its inverse counterpart “Hey You, Stop It” that is sometimes used to express frustration in rage comics. Since its debut on Rage Generator[14] on February 5th, 2012, the character has appeared in several comics featured by FunnyJunk[15], MemeCenter[16] and 9gag.[17]
External References
[1]Tumblr – Oh stop it, you.
[2]Memebase – Worth a Shot
[3]Facebook – Oh Stop it, you.
[4]Facebook – Oh! Stop it, you
[5]My Face When – oh stop it you
[6]Reddit – Oh, stop it you~
[7]Rage Generator – OH STOP IT YOURAGECOMIC
[8]Ragestache – Le guy friend and I
[9]9gag – search results for “oh stop it you”
[10]Memebase – Posts tagged “oh stop it you”
[11]Tumblr – Posts tagged “oh stop it you”
[12]deviantArt – Oh stop it..You..
[13]Facebook – Oh stop it, you.
[14]Rage Generator – Hey, You. Stop It!
[15]FunnyJunk – Hey, you. Stop it
[16]MemeCenter – Oh Stop It You . . . Hey, You Stop It
[17]9gag – Hey you, stop it!