They write: Hi I made the thing as asked in question so I think I can say some things about it. According to the subreddit's creator, the name of the subreddit is based on the Doge image.
On October 26th, 2017, Discord user Zane#3954 posted the original 'OK Buddy Retard' Doge image (shown below).Ībout a month and a half later, on December 10th, 2017, Redditor4] kirbizia launched the /r/okbuddyretard subreddit.
Over the next year, the image would appear on the 4chan forums /a/ and /s4s/.
