O Hai I just Upgraded UR meme

May 10, 2007 4:52 AM

A treatise on the linguistics and phenomenology of the LOLCATS meme.
posted by moonbird (12 comments total)

lollinguists
posted by Faint of Butt at 5:00 AM on May 10, 2007 [3 favorites]

I really like the title of this post.

Mostly because I've gone completely over the fucking edge.
posted by kbanas at 5:06 AM on May 10, 2007

Wow, that was an amazing amount of work to set up that last lolcat. Bravo.
posted by eriko at 5:11 AM on May 10, 2007

While that is cute, it should be plain to everyone by now that disapproving rabbits kick the ass of the LOLCATS. KTHXBYE.
posted by psmealey at 5:15 AM on May 10, 2007

Just in case any grad students need further research material: icanhascheezburger?

please forgive me
posted by blackberet at 5:27 AM on May 10, 2007

OK, tired of this now.
posted by DU at 5:30 AM on May 10, 2007

*yawn*

Wake me up when the next (preferably actually funny) meme rolls in.
posted by chuckdarwin at 5:38 AM on May 10, 2007

Best. Diagram. Ever.

I actually stumbled upon this yesterday but it never occurred to me to post it, so I'll leave you with a literary exercise (self-link).

Thanks for the post, moonbird.
posted by goodnewsfortheinsane at 5:39 AM on May 10, 2007

I love the kitty pictures, but the pidgin needs to go away.

Mostly.
posted by Sticherbeast at 5:47 AM on May 10, 2007

I love the word "phenomenology". That is all.
posted by flapjax at midnite at 5:52 AM on May 10, 2007

Well, train the kitty to hunt the pidgin.
posted by goodnewsfortheinsane at 5:53 AM on May 10, 2007 [1 favorite]

Also, Anil Dash's post on lolcats, which keeps my attention much, much better than a blog entry that starts: I keep sane by having a kaleidescope of friends who make sense of reality in drastically differing ways, often in total opposition to each other.
posted by gignomai at 5:54 AM on May 10, 2007