When LOLcats Attack!
by Ian Cooper
Everybody loves LOLcats—you know, those witty combinations of humorous pictures and broken cat-English captions that have been taking the internet by storm ever since their invention in the mid-to-late Zero-ies—but as with any art form, the longer they exist, the more controversial they need to be to continue to attract attention.
Here are just a few examples which suggest that, in an effort to stay relevant and “edgy,” the phenomenon of LOLism may have crossed the line:
January 18th, 2008 at 5:26 pm
I can haz ‘borshin? Joolyannee sez yes, Ron Pawl sez noes.
January 18th, 2008 at 6:38 pm
da hillarity clinton won wuz awsum
January 18th, 2008 at 8:21 pm
Can someone explain the wall one? Are they just saying that we suck at war? I don’t get it.
January 18th, 2008 at 8:56 pm
The soldiers died…hence them doing it “wrong.”
January 18th, 2008 at 9:59 pm
That frog is wicked.
January 18th, 2008 at 11:54 pm
That Clinton one was AWESOME
January 19th, 2008 at 3:09 am
Oh. I assumed that it was supposed to be talking to the reader, because it says “you’re.”
It would be better if it had someone who had been injured, but not killed. That would make more sense.
And by better, I mean still horrible.
January 19th, 2008 at 6:09 am
For the record I think LOLcats is the most sucky, cutesy furry crap ever to dribble out of the head of bored, sad stoner college kids.
But, hey, doesn’t mean I don’t think it’s awesome when you satirize it.
January 19th, 2008 at 6:12 am
http://www.doingitwrong.com/
January 19th, 2008 at 7:54 am
You know, i’m not that used to LOLcats so when i saw those the only thing coming out of my mouth was “What the fuck?”
I mean seriously, who does that kind of crap.
PS: I once saw one with Kermit the frog and a plastic shovel. What the hell did it mean i don’t know.
January 19th, 2008 at 8:26 pm
I can haz cheeseburger… on my peeniz? Yes, I certainly can have a cheeseburger on my penis, but I don’t think it would be much fun. Guess there’s only one way to find out!
January 21st, 2008 at 2:24 am
Dude, if you can eat a cheeseburger off your dick, well you got a lot more going for you than just being able to eat a cheeseburger off your dick. You got a plethora of opportunities
before you.
January 21st, 2008 at 3:05 pm
We did it for the lulz, who ever made this post is fail
January 21st, 2008 at 10:22 pm
Sage
January 22nd, 2008 at 12:26 pm
SAGE
January 22nd, 2008 at 4:03 pm
The frog one is the best. It would be fitting if that was the very last of the LOL cats, kind of a statement that our society as a whole has jumped the shark.
February 11th, 2008 at 2:10 pm
Oh Hai! Cats, the internet, and tactical communities. Joshua Green in receiver magazine, Fall 2007
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