They are commonly sources for cringe material, due to their sense of humor being commonly perceived as attention-seeking. They describe themselves as 'random' due to the off-kilter, off-beat and unrelated style of humor they employ. 'Random' culture refers to a group of people, usually within their teenage years, who do/say things unrelated to a conversation/action at hand and/or jokes that do not adhere to any types of humor, which they perceive as funny. Another speculated source of the rise of popularity of the phrases might be due to the Disney Channel show titled 'So Random!'. The earliest popularly-known example of 'randomness' on the Internet is the meme Katy t3h PeNgU1N oF d00m. The origin of the phrase is not known, but usage of the term is reported to be found around 2004.
