Rono

Rono

Rono is a, often referred to as, “cancerous” and “forced” meme. It’s also often placed on the same level as the doge meme.

Alfie’s Home

Rono is a character in a children’s book by Richard A. Cohen called Alfie’s Home. It’s about a boy named Alfie who was neglected by his father and molested by his Uncle Pete (also known as Rono by the Internet). The name Rono comes from Facebook user Rono Rono Rono who spammed the picture on Facebook. The picture comes from page 7, when Uncle Pete is laying with and molesting Alfie.

Origin

Rono first showed up in a Facebook group called “The Community” in early January 2014. Facebook user Rono Ronny and Rono Rono Rono spammed the picture on random posts in the group, making it hated and loved among users. Soon others started spamming the Rono picture also, spreading it but making it hated even more.

Use

Rono is often used as an unnecessary response to something, while intentionally or unintentionally taking the attention off of the OP’s post. If somebody updated their status to “OMG just got a new puppy!!!1!1 Love him alreadynew favorite rapper, childish gambino! hell yeah!”



Rono:
“btw rono”

Events

On January 19, 2014, a Facebook page called “Rono” was created.
On January 22, 2014, the subreddit /r/rono was created.