A person that is addicted to feeling self-righteous rage stemming from a victim mindset. The have little to no understanding of the issues they champion beyond what they read in memes from the social media influencers they follow. They share these angry memes like mindless drones and identify with them, even if its for causes that would harm them personally, because they get a dopamine hit from being part of a wider social movement and fear being ostracized for thinking for themselves.
Ragebait Meme Drone: "Go Hamas!! Free Palestine from the River to the Sea! Stop Genocide!"
Person 2: "Aren't you LGBT? A feminist? Me too?"
Ragebait Meme Drone: "Yes! So?!"
Person 2: "You're literally supporting an organization that kills LGBT, subjugates women and whose whole purpose is genocide."
Ragebait Meme Drone: "How dare you talk about Hamas like that!? BLM told me to love them and go on dates with them!"
Person 2: "Aren't you LGBT? A feminist? Me too?"
Ragebait Meme Drone: "Yes! So?!"
Person 2: "You're literally supporting an organization that kills LGBT, subjugates women and whose whole purpose is genocide."
Ragebait Meme Drone: "How dare you talk about Hamas like that!? BLM told me to love them and go on dates with them!"
by BlueTangerine October 22, 2023
Content deliberately created to provoke anger or frustration online. Similar to trolling or baiting, ragebait uses inflammatory or controversial statements in posts, comments, messages, or videos to trigger emotional, often hostile reactions from others.
It can appear anywhere online from social media, forums, chat rooms, or even entire servers designed to spark outrage and arguments.
It can appear anywhere online from social media, forums, chat rooms, or even entire servers designed to spark outrage and arguments.
Person 1: "That tweet was pure ragebait just designed to make people lose their cool."
Person 2: "Don’t feed the ragebait in the comments; they just want you to get angry."
Person 2: "Don’t feed the ragebait in the comments; they just want you to get angry."
by zer09n June 15, 2025
by fozon February 24, 2025
by MK2408 February 12, 2025
To trick someone, usually your friend, or someone in an online comments section, to be angry at a statement that you pretended you were serious about.
person who is ragebaiting: kendrick's only 2 good songs are humble and not like us
ragebaited person: *Gets angry*
some other guy: 9/10 ragebait
ragebaited person: *Gets angry*
some other guy: 9/10 ragebait
by RandomAsianMan May 27, 2025
A statement comprised of the author's genuine beliefs that can be explained as ragebait by the author, defending themselves against critique, depending on the overall reaction to said statement.
Person 1 (Truthfully): The moon landing was completely fabricated!
Person 2: Holy shit there's no way you're that retarded!
Person 1 (Lying Bastard): Easiest ragebait of my life!
Person 2: Schrodinger's Ragebait 0/10.
Person 2: Holy shit there's no way you're that retarded!
Person 1 (Lying Bastard): Easiest ragebait of my life!
Person 2: Schrodinger's Ragebait 0/10.
by Gorbster1 February 24, 2025