About
Rape Sloth is an image macro series featuring a photograph of a sloth that appears to be whispering in a woman’s ear. The captions often contain creepy sexual innuendo, pick up lines and disturbing threats.
Origin
[Researching]
Spread
On August 31st, 2012, Redditor happyman91 submitted an image macro with the caption “You know what rhymes with sloth? / Rape” (shown below). On the following day, the post was linked in the subreddit /r/ShitRedditSays,[5] which criticized the post for joking about rape. On September 25th, the @RapeSloth Twitter feed was created, which tweeted captions from the image macro series.
She put me in the friend-zone… so I put her in the rape-zone.
— Rape Sloth (@RapeSloth) December 28, 2012
Notable Examples
As of February 2013, the “Rape Sloth” Quickmeme[1] page has received over 100 submissions and the Meme Generator[2] page has accumulated over 140 items. Additional examples can be found on the microblogging site Tumblr under the tag “#rape sloth.”[3]
Search Interest
External References
[1]Quickmeme – Rape Sloth
[2]Meme Generator – Rape Sloth
[3]Tumblr – #rape sloth
[4]Reddit – What rhymes with sloth
[5]Reddit – A Picture of a sloth
[6]Twitter – @RapeSloth