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September 6, 2016 12:00 PM

19 Animals That Just Went Full Derp — needless to say, most of them are dogs.

More derpy dogs

Bonus: EDM Song Written With Rubber Chickens

h/t Pleated Jeans
rubber birds previously

posted by Johnny Wallflower (34 comments total)

To be fair, most of these animals went derp because humans did derpy things to them.
posted by blucevalo at 12:04 PM on September 6, 2016

Spider-Cat is not at all derpy. Spider-Cat knows exactly what Spider-Cat is doing.

(i.e., evil)
posted by Etrigan at 12:07 PM on September 6, 2016 [18 favorites]

I love how the Unicode glitched the layout in the title :-)
posted by Annika Cicada at 12:09 PM on September 6, 2016 [3 favorites]

NEVAH FORGET

r/mlem

and

r/blep
posted by lalochezia at 12:09 PM on September 6, 2016 [6 favorites]

Some personal dog photos for your amusement:

he slept like this for about two hours
my brother's good dog (left) is following my brother through the window of a convenience store; my dog is staring intently at the back of the seat in front of him
my dog stuck in a bra (has been shared here many times, never gets old)
my brother's jerk dog sitting on good dog
my dog again, larping a lascaux cave painting
posted by phunniemee at 12:18 PM on September 6, 2016 [15 favorites]

Awww...the guy in the shoes...so sweet
posted by NoMich at 12:27 PM on September 6, 2016 [1 favorite]

i wonder if the term derp is a little ablest, and i would be worried about using it.
posted by PinkMoose at 12:32 PM on September 6, 2016 [18 favorites]

This is a cat, but a cat who looks like a damn muppet. As noted by one commenter, the relevant muppet would be Animal playing the drums.
posted by janey47 at 12:32 PM on September 6, 2016 [1 favorite]

I have the birthday blues, today - and this was sorely needed.

Thank you!
posted by Dressed to Kill at 12:34 PM on September 6, 2016 [3 favorites]

How so, PinkMoose?
posted by Johnny Wallflower at 12:36 PM on September 6, 2016

RELATED
posted by saladin at 12:38 PM on September 6, 2016

i wonder if the term derp is a little ablest, and i would be worried about using it.

I'm also worried about the Zalgo-text around said word.
posted by Strange Interlude at 12:47 PM on September 6, 2016

NEVAH FORGET

r/mlem

and

r/blep

I like how there's two. Do they have some sort of bitter rivalry going on? Was there an invective-laden schism?
posted by nebulawindphone at 12:54 PM on September 6, 2016

19 Animals That Just Went Full Derp — needless to say, most of them are dogs.

Is it dogs themselves, or just their joie de vivre you are disdaining, sir and/or madam?
posted by middleclasstool at 12:58 PM on September 6, 2016 [2 favorites]

Yeah, I'm with PinkMoose. I cringe a little when I see the word "derp" because I remember when it was obnoxious 4chan nonsense intended to mock people with disabilities.
posted by a mirror and an encyclopedia at 1:03 PM on September 6, 2016 [11 favorites]

Language changes and evolves. Context is the most important thing.

I think it's fantastic that the Internet has wrestled a word away from the likes of 4chan and turned it into a word with an affectionate tone.
posted by INFJ at 1:06 PM on September 6, 2016 [3 favorites]

Still a better dancer than I am...
posted by Greg_Ace at 1:08 PM on September 6, 2016 [1 favorite]

Yeah, like when I affectionately call someone the n-word.
posted by tobascodagama at 1:16 PM on September 6, 2016 [4 favorites]

Regarding the upside down pretzel dog with their foot in their mouth;

I've often thought that if I were a werewolf, don't be scared. I won't be out killing, I'll be at home licking those unreachable parts of my body.
posted by adept256 at 1:23 PM on September 6, 2016

This is how Zhora asks to hop up on my lap. Bonus: super sexy legs.
posted by ROU_Xenophobe at 1:27 PM on September 6, 2016 [2 favorites]

Bonus: EDM Song Written With Rubber Chickens
Dick Clark says it doesn't have a beat and you can't dance to it.
posted by drlith at 1:28 PM on September 6, 2016

I think it's fantastic that the Internet has wrestled a word away from the likes of 4chan and turned it into a word with an affectionate tone.

It hasn't.
posted by cashman at 1:35 PM on September 6, 2016 [11 favorites]

Is that Jake The Dog near the bottom?
posted by grumpybear69 at 2:17 PM on September 6, 2016

Mod note: One deleted; points made about the phrasing etc of the post, but from here on, if anyone wants to pursue that further, please do it in MetaTalk.
posted by LobsterMitten (staff) at 2:53 PM on September 6, 2016

Maeby the Found Hound is my derpier dog.
Kenda, my Border Collie mix, is usually very self-possessed so this is the only derpshot I have of her.

Bonus Maeby shot! My teef: let me show you them!
posted by workerant at 3:03 PM on September 6, 2016 [3 favorites]

What do you call that weird character business going on in the title of this post? Like if I wanted to know more about it and/or how to do stuff with it, what would I search for?
posted by deadbilly at 3:07 PM on September 6, 2016

MetaTalk
posted by hydropsyche at 3:43 PM on September 6, 2016 [3 favorites]

deadbilly: That's from Zalgo (nsfw), as mentioned above. Specifically, you want the Zalgo Text Generator
posted by the agents of KAOS at 3:45 PM on September 6, 2016 [3 favorites]

Zalgo glitch text

In essence it's taking the accent marks that other languages have and piling them on top of each other.
posted by Monochrome at 3:45 PM on September 6, 2016 [1 favorite]

Shout out to artist Shmorky for coming up with Zalgo, the god of approaching a destination.
posted by Mr.Encyclopedia at 3:54 PM on September 6, 2016

Came looking for the derpy dogs of Mefi, was not disappointed! (phunniemee I laughed heartily at Truman staring at the back of the seat)

Taco prepping for his first 5K by making sure his nostrils were clean

Lindy, as an opossum

Figlet doing his best Gran Turino Clint Eastwood impression
posted by Fig at 5:00 PM on September 6, 2016 [1 favorite]

These dogs are perfect.
posted by device55 at 5:26 PM on September 6, 2016

They are all wonderful beasts but that right there, that is the Tongue of Derp.
posted by scalefree at 5:40 PM on September 6, 2016

Not to be all downer but probably something is wrong with its teeth. Like it might not have any.
posted by ROU_Xenophobe at 5:46 PM on September 6, 2016