GagBase Logo Explore

Pencil sharpeners remain undefeated...

This is a 4-panel classic rage comic depicting the widely relatable frustration of using a pencil sharpener. Panel 1 shows a bored, apathetic rage face looking at a pencil with a broken, unusable tip labeled *pointless*. Panel 2 shows a pencil sharpener with a troll face on it grinding the pencil. Panel 3 shows the newly sharpened pencil has its tip immediately broken off, with an arrow pointing to the broken end labeled 'every time' and a troll face grinning below the pencil. Panel 4 shows the original rage face screaming in unbridled fury, accompanied by the classic rage comic 'FFFFFFFUUUUUU' expletive text, expressing extreme annoyance at the predictable, frustrating outcome.
Make

Dialogue

*pointless*
*sharpener*
every time
FFFFFFFUUUUUUUUUU

Text content

Relatable joke about pencil sharpeners consistently breaking the tip of pencils immediately after sharpening

Overview

This is a 4-panel classic rage comic depicting the widely relatable frustration of using a pencil sharpener. Panel 1 shows a bored, apathetic rage face looking at a pencil with a broken, unusable tip labeled pointless. Panel 2 shows a pencil sharpener with a troll face on it grinding the pencil. Panel 3 shows the newly sharpened pencil has its tip immediately broken off, with an arrow pointing to the broken end labeled 'every time' and a troll face grinning below the pencil. Panel 4 shows the original rage face screaming in unbridled fury, accompanied by the classic rage comic 'FFFFFFFUUUUUU' expletive text, expressing extreme annoyance at the predictable, frustrating outcome.

Origin notes

This meme is a classic rage comic originally created using the Rage Builder tool, as evidenced by the RAGEBUILDER.COM watermark at the bottom of the image. Rage comics were an extremely popular meme format across internet platforms in the 2010s, most commonly shared on Reddit, 4chan, and early social media. This specific version was posted as a meme on Reddit, with the original title referencing the universal relatable annoyance of pencil sharpeners always breaking pencil tips right after sharpening.

Similar memes

This is a 6-panel classic rage comic. In the first panel, a woman asks her male partner to sing a lullaby for their swaddled baby, and he agrees. In the next three panels, he repeatedly sings the opening lyric 'Let the bodies hit the floor' from the aggressive 2001 heavy metal song 'Bodies' by Drowning Pool, which is completely unsuitable for a baby lullaby, as the woman's expression shifts from confused to alarmed. The fifth panel shows the woman screaming in unbridled rage, represented by the iconic red rage face. In the final panel, the partner looks horrified and the baby is crying hysterically due to the inappropriate, loud 'lullaby'.

Le Lullaby Inappropriate Lullaby Rage Comic

This is a 6-panel classic rag…

This is a 2x2 grid rage comic meme humorously highlighting changes in lifestyle and sleep habits as people age. The top half of the meme shows text reading 'in my 20's partying till 4am' paired with an illustration of a grinning troll face character in a red cap dancing excitedly next to a cheerful female rage character, representing the late-night partying common in young adulthood. The bottom half of the meme shows text reading 'in my 40's wakes up naturally at 6:17am for no reason' paired with an illustration of a distressed, wide-eyed, exhausted-looking rage face, conveying the relatable experience of involuntarily waking up very early as you get older.

Aging is wild: 20s vs 40s sleep pattern comparison

This is a 2x2 grid rage comic…

This is a 5-panel rage comic meme. The first panel shows an excited stick figure looking at a plate of cookies with the text 'CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIES!' next to him, appearing thrilled. The second panel shows the stick figure happily taking a bite of one of the cookies. The third panel shows his expression shift to one of shock and disgust as he realizes the cookie is not what he expected. The fourth panel reveals the cookie is an anthropomorphized raisin cookie grinning mischievously, containing raisins instead of chocolate chips. The fifth and final panel is a close-up of a distorted, enraged rage face against a black background, with the text 'RAISINS' next to it, conveying extreme frustration at the common relatable disappointment of mistaking raisin cookies for chocolate chip cookies.

Why Always Raisins

This is a 5-panel rage comic …

This is a 4-panel rage comic meme. In the first panel, a male stick-figure rage character says 'Let's go buy a house', and a female rage character with a hair bow responds excitedly 'OMG, YES!'. The second panel shows the Zillow real estate platform logo with the label 'Checks', indicating the characters are browsing listings on Zillow. The third panel displays two photos of small, old, unremarkable, somewhat run-down suburban houses with large red text overlaid showing a price of $1,200,000. The fourth panel shows both characters with bulging red eyes, screaming in furious, shocked rage, represented by extended strings of the letters F and U. The joke satirizes the extreme inflation of housing prices in North America, where even low-quality, average houses are priced far beyond what most people can afford, leading to frustration for those trying to purchase a home.

When you go house shopping on Zillow and see how overpriced regular houses are

This is a 4-panel rage comic …

This is a 4-panel stick figure meme comic depicting a relatable everyday mishap. In the first panel, the character casually decides to scratch his very itchy leg. In the second panel, he leans back in his chair, casually noting that he is still sitting on the chair. In the third panel, the character is shown blended mindlessly into the chair, labeled clueless, as he keeps scratching the persistent itch over and over. In the final fourth panel, the character looks shocked as he realizes he has accidentally scratched a large hole all the way through the seat of his chair. The meme jokes about how mindlessly scratching an itch can lead to an unexpected silly problem that many people can relate to.

Really Itchy Leg

This is a 4-panel stick figur…

This is a single-panel rage comic meme that jokes about the common perceived tendency of some Reddit users to become extremely angry and aggressive when another user tries to explain their point of view during an online discussion or argument. It features an exaggeratedly enraged classic rage comic character, with bulging bloodshot eyes, gritted teeth, and tightly clenched reaching fists to emphasize the over-the-top anger the meme is mocking.

redditors when you try to explain ur point

This is a single-panel rage c…

This is a 4-panel classic rage comic meme. In the first panel, a blonde woman excitedly tells her partner she is pregnant, and the stick figure male partner responds confidently 'Ok, we got this'. The second panel uses the iconic SpongeBob SquarePants 'ONE YEAR LATER...' purple transition card to show a time jump. The third panel depicts a screaming infant completely covered in feces, with a large pile of poop next to it and feces splattered all around. The fourth panel shows both parents now rendered as enraged, exhausted rage faces screaming in distress, while the classic troll face meme appears above them asking 'problem?'. The meme jokes about the common, often understated advice to have children, contrasting the couple's initial overconfidence with the messy, overwhelming reality of caring for a toddler.

Have kids they said… Parenting regret rage comic

This is a 4-panel classic rag…

This is a 4-panel monochromatic stick figure meme depicting a widely relatable student procrastination scenario. Panel 1: A simple drawn stick figure wears a small smile, sitting at a desk in front of a desktop computer, playing video games calmly, with accompanying text reading *Plays games peacefully*. Panel 2: The figure's smile fades to a neutral blank expression, as the text notes *Suddenly remembers important exams*. Panel 3: No text appears, and the figure now has wide eyes and a slightly concerned expression as they process the realization of upcoming important exams they have not prepared for. Panel 4: The figure has a stressed, worried expression, but remains sitting at the computer continuing to play games, with text reading *Plays games stressfully*. The joke pokes fun at the common habit of continuing to engage in leisure activities even when fully aware of important pending responsibilities, choosing to procrastinate while feeling guilty about ignoring their duties.

Stressful Gaming After Remembering Pending Exams

This is a 4-panel monochromat…

This is a 4-panel rage comic meme depicting the widely relatable frustration of using reCAPTCHA online verification. The top left panel shows a calm, confident stick figure rage face sitting at a computer facing a reCAPTCHA prompt asking to select images of traffic lights, with text reading "E.Z CAPTCHA LFG" (short for easy CAPTCHA, let's fucking go). The top right panel shows the character now as a sweating, panicked confused rage face staring at a blurry, ambiguous circled shape in the CAPTCHA grid, with text reading "WTFF... Maybe it's not part of it" expressing confusion over whether the unclear object counts as a traffic light. The bottom left panel shows the "I'm not a robot" checkbox with a green checkmark, but red text below it reads "Recaptcha test failed", revealing the test was rejected even after the initial check passed. The bottom right panel shows an enraged, red-eyed, screaming hyper rage face, representing the extreme frustration of this common experience.

Frustrating Recaptcha Test Failure Rage Meme

This is a 4-panel rage comic …

This is a 3-panel edgy rage comic-style meme built around a misunderstanding joke. In the first panel, a male stick figure approaches a female stick figure who is sitting on a bench and asks 'Let's dance?', the woman replies with surprise 'Me?', assuming she is the one being invited. The second panel reveals the punchline with red text reading 'NO THE BENCH', meaning the man actually wanted to dance with the bench, not the woman, accompanied by a drawn shocked face. The third panel shows the bench drawn as a stick figure with a trollface, dancing under a disco ball with colorful confetti, and the text 'DUMB BITCH.' mocking the woman for her misinterpretation.

No The Bench Dance Pun Meme

This is a 3-panel edgy rage c…

This is a 4-panel rage comic meme about the frustrations of using dial-up internet in the early days of consumer internet access. The top left panel shows a screenshot of the classic America Online (AOL) dial-up connection screen displaying the 'Connected!' status with its iconic running man UI icons. The top right panel shows a bored stick figure rage comic character resting his chin on his hand while sitting at a computer, with text reading 'Downloads file...'. The bottom left panel shows an old Windows file download dialog box, showing only 0.49% of a 180MB file completed, a transfer rate of 4.61 KB/sec, and an absurd estimated remaining download time of 39 years. The bottom right panel depicts the same stick figure character throwing his head back screaming in furious frustration, shaking his chair and desk violently over the comically long wait time for the download to finish.

The Struggles of Using Dial-Up Internet In The Early Days

This is a 4-panel rage comic …

A 4-panel comic meme with a light blue background. The top-left panel features a gray, simplistic humanoid character with the text 'I shaved my eyebrows'. The top-right panel shows a white, round-headed character responding with 'You look stupid'. The bottom two panels repeat the gray character with no change in expression, emphasizing their lack of reaction to the insult about their shaved eyebrows. The humor stems from the gray character's unchanged, neutral demeanor despite the criticism.

Shaved Eyebrows Reaction Meme

A 4-panel comic meme with a l…