Oh Stop It, You

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Published September 19, 2026

Oh Stop It, You is a rage comic reaction face drawn by an artist named William and posted to his Tumblr art blog GODBEAMS on December 23, 20103. The blushing, wide-mouthed drawing became the go-to panel for playful humility whenever a rage comic character wanted to accept a compliment while pretending to wave it off.

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Overview

The character shows a rosy-cheeked face with a wide grin and one palm raised in a mock-dismissive wave, paired with the line 'Oh stop it, you.' Rage comic authors reach for the panel after compliments, flattery, mild teasing, or any moment where a smug protagonist wants to accept praise while pretending to brush it off1. Its tone sits between flattered and quietly self-satisfied, which set it apart from the angrier or more anxious faces in the rage comic lineup3. An inverse version, 'Hey You, Stop It,' flips the smile into a scowl and gets used to snap back at an annoyance in the same comic grammar2.

Origin & Background

Platform
Tumblr (GODBEAMS blog) / rage comic sites (viral spread)
Creator
William
Date
2010

William drew the face and posted it to his Tumblr art blog GODBEAMS on December 23, 2010, where the original post picked up 2,757 notes by mid-20123. The character first appeared outside Tumblr on February 14, 2011, in a deviantArt piece by user Fyi-Sus about how she reacts to compliments, though it did not enter the rage comic format itself until September 2, 2011, when a Memebase submission used it to depict a girl's reaction after a friend asked her to send shower photos3.

How It Spread

How to Use This Meme

Drop the panel at the end of a rage comic or thread when a character is being complimented, teased, or flattered, and wants to accept the praise while performing exaggerated modesty. Common convention pairs it with the caption 'Oh stop it, you' or its variants. The inverse 'Hey You, Stop It' panel works the opposite way, closing a comic on annoyance rather than humility2.

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