Ragebait Used to Be Trolling

Text on the meme

“Ragebait... we used to call that trolling...”

What it means

An elderly, long-haired bearded man stares intensely at the viewer beneath the caption “Ragebait... we used to call that trolling...”. The joke mocks modern internet terminology by pointing out that provoking angry reactions was traditionally called trolling; it is used as a sarcastic reaction to people renaming old online behavior. EN: An elderly, long-haired bearded man stares intensely at the viewer beneath the caption “Ragebait... we used to call that trolling...”. The joke mocks modern internet terminology by pointing out that provoking angry reactions was traditionally called trolling; it is used as a sarcastic reaction to people renaming old online behavior.

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elderly man / пожилой мужчина long gray hair / длинные седые волосы long gray beard / длинная седая борода wrinkled face / морщинистое лицо intense stare / пристальный взгляд eyes / глаза nose / нос mouth / рот black-and-white portrait / черно-белый портрет close-up / крупный план social media post / публикация в соцсети quotation marks / кавычки