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Troll Science, also known as “Troll Physics”, is a drawing fad popularized on the /sci/ (science) board of 4chan in late September 2010, with its origins in early September 2010 on Reddit, with the earliest found dedicated thread dating at September 29, on the /b/ board. The premise behind it is to create pictures with such pseudo-science that one could endlessly troll their science teachers. This inspired the Trollge Incidents.

A picture featuring Trollface with a truck propelled by two horseshoe-shaped magnets.

History

While troll science is rumored to have started on 4chan, the earliest known example was submitted to the f7u12 rage comic subreddit in a post titled "Troll Physics" on September 13, 2010 by xcentro.[1] The comic featured a drawing of a self-propelled truck powered by two horseshoe magnets facing each other, which would be theoretically impossible based on their placement. The post received only 44 upvotes and 4 comments prior to being archived.

Web usage

On September 13, 2010, Redditor zarbob submitted a post to the f7u12 subreddit titled "Troll physics again, the magnet helmet", which featured a drawing of a trollface soldier wearing a helmet with a magnet on it, implying that the magnetism would attract any bullets away from the wearer’s body.[2]

The earliest known Troll Science thread on 4chan was posted to the /b/ (random) board on September 29, which began with the picture of the magnetically propelled automobile. Prior to being archived, the thread accumulated over 313 responses, many of which containing additional troll science comics.[3]

On September 30, the website Troll Science was launched, which served as a database for troll science images.[4] On October 1, the "Troll Physics" blog was created on the microblogging site Tumblr.[5] The next day, another Tumblr blog was created titled "Fuck Yeah Troll Science."[6] On October 3, a thread titled "Troll Physics" was posted on the Newgrounds Forums, where its members were encouraged to create their own versions. The same day, a thread featuring several troll physics comics was started on the BodyBuilding Forums by member Vorian.[7] On October 17, YouTuber Cidwel uploaded a video titled "Troll Physics Explained – Today: Infinite Car Power!", showing footage of a functioning magnet car in the Nintendo DS game Scribblenauts.[8]

On October 25, the Internet culture blog Urlesque published an article by Will Zweigart titled "We Showed 'Troll Physics' Comics to a Physics Professor. Here's His Reaction", in which the New School natural science professor David Morgan explained the fallacies inherent in several troll science comics.[9] On December 27, the tech news blog Geekosystem published a post titled "21 Vital Lessons in Troll Science", featuring a slideshow of notable examples of the comics.[10] On January 30, 2012, the app "Troll Science" was uploaded to the iTunes store, including 90 troll comics for viewing on a mobile device.[11] The meme has continued to spread on Memebase[12] and Tumblr under the tag "troll science."[13] As of July 2, 2012, a Facebook page for "Troll Science" has accumulated over 27,000 likes.[14]

References

  1. ↑ xcentro (September 13, 2010). "Troll Physics". Reddit. Retrieved on May 4, 2025.
  2. ↑ zarbob (September 13, 2010). "Troll physics again, the magnet helmet". Reddit. Retrieved on May 4, 2025.
  3. ↑ "Moar Physics" (September 29, 2010). 4chan. Retrieved on May 4, 2025.
  4. ↑ Troll Science (September 30, 2010). Retrieved on May 4, 2025.
  5. ↑ Troll Physics (October 1, 2010). Tumblr. Retrieved on May 4, 2025.
  6. ↑ Fuck Yeah! Troll Science. Tumblr. Retrieved on May 4, 2025.
  7. ↑ Vorian (October 3, 2010). Troll Physics. BodyBuilding Forums. Retrieved on May 4, 2025.
  8. ↑ Cidwel (October 17, 2010). "Troll Physics Explained – Today: Infinite Car Power!". YouTube. Retrieved on May 4, 2025.
  9. ↑ Will Zweigart (October 25, 2010). "We Showed 'Troll Physics' Comics to a Physics Professor. Here's His Reaction.". Reddit. Retrieved on May 4, 2025.
  10. ↑ James Plafke (December 27, 2010). "21 Vital Lessons in Troll Science". Geekosystem. Retrieved on May 4, 2025.
  11. ↑ Troll Physics (January 30, 2012). iTunes Store. Retrieved on May 4, 2025.
  12. ↑ Troll Science Memebase. Retrieved on May 4, 2025.
  13. ↑ Troll Science Tumblr. Retrieved on May 4, 2025.
  14. ↑ Troll Science. Facebook. Retrieved on May 4, 2025.
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