Post here if you don't 'get' the lolcats thing.

Richardo

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Mon Jun-25-07 08:00 PM
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Post here if you don't 'get' the lolcats thing.

Maybe it's impending geezerhood, but I don't understand 1) why it's funny or 2) why it's so popular.

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opiate69

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Mon Jun-25-07 08:01 PM
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1. ..........

Edited on Mon Jun-25-07 08:02 PM by opiate69

;);)

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lost-in-nj

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Mon Jun-25-07 08:02 PM
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2. Because they are SO cute

and don't know how to spell....

You love beagles..... you should know this....
mine are howling right now!!!!

:toast: :hi:

lost

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Omphaloskepsis

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Mon Jun-25-07 08:04 PM
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3. I understand it. And it was funny for about two days. Now it is stupid.

All your LOLCATS are belong to us

Both memes need to die.

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femmocrat

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Mon Jun-25-07 08:06 PM
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4. I'm with you, Richardo.

Did they start here on DU, or is this a national phenom?

:shrug:

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Richardo

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Tue Jun-26-07 07:15 AM
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7. Didn't start on DU as far as I know.

And that's as far as I know.

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greatauntoftriplets

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Mon Jun-25-07 08:10 PM
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5. Raises hand.....

It may be the geezer thing with me as well.

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supernova

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Mon Jun-25-07 08:21 PM
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6. Cute, but

also slightly insulting to cats. I don't think of them as beings who don't know how to use proper grammar or spellingz. :rofl:

I dunno, cats seem more dignified to me.

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skygazer

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Tue Jun-26-07 08:57 AM
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18. I picture my cat as using very precise language

And looking down his nose on anyone who committed a grammatical error in his presence. Now, my dogs, on the other hand.... :P

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Bunny

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Tue Jun-26-07 07:17 AM
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8. I don't get a lot of the captions, but I think the pictures are hysterical.

Embrace your geezerhood, Richardo!

PS - don't you think that youth is wasted on the wrong people? I do. :D

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REP

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Tue Jun-26-07 07:19 AM
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9. Crazy Cat Lady Who Does. Not. Get. It.

Edited on Tue Jun-26-07 07:36 AM by REP

I live with an irrational number of cats. I like cats. They do amusing things. LOLcats is neither likeable nor amusing.

There. I said it.

On edit: I just looked at dicksteele's LOLcats thread, and his are pretty funny, so maybe I'm not completely geezerly, but most of them are the sux0r.

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Call Me Wesley

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Tue Jun-26-07 08:58 AM
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19. There, U said its!

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datasuspect

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Tue Jun-26-07 07:29 AM
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10. was this "lolcats" thing started by 12 year olds?

it seems the sort of thing adolescents would get into.

either that or people are really easily amused.

i don't get it.

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In_The_Wind

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Tue Jun-26-07 07:32 AM
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11. another geezer checkin' in

I haven't seen enough lolcats to form an opinion.

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fudge stripe cookays

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Tue Jun-26-07 08:41 AM
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12. Sorry dude.

Love me some LOLcats. Think of it as beagles for silly cat people.

:P

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Deep13

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Tue Jun-26-07 08:48 AM
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13. If they were written in clear English I might get it.

Half the time I can't figure out the caption.

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Midlodemocrat

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Tue Jun-26-07 08:50 AM
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14. I don't get it, either.

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skygazer

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Tue Jun-26-07 08:51 AM
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15. I am completely unfamiliar with what it is

I've seen the word in thread titles and found it so cutesy and saccharine that I didn't bother clicking into them. So maybe I'm a geezer, maybe I'm an old crank - are they the same thing? :wtf:

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slj0101

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Tue Jun-26-07 08:53 AM
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16. I get it,

it's just not hilariously funny, and I say this as a major cat lover.

Besides, when I personify cats, I usually give them a rather wordy vocabulary and haughty inflection. :)

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Richardo

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Tue Jun-26-07 09:20 AM
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26. Mine talk like Stewie Griffin.

:thumbsup:

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Zuiderelle

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Tue Jun-26-07 09:46 AM
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30. Exactly! All the cats I've known would speak better english than most of the people

here. :)

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Hugin

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Tue Jun-26-07 08:54 AM
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17. I've been in the cooler for a few days... I've never heard of it.

Guess that makes me one of the lucky ones. :)

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BarenakedLady

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Tue Jun-26-07 08:58 AM
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20. You've been in the what?

:shrug:

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Hugin

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Tue Jun-26-07 09:06 AM
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21. ...

To make a long story short,

I tried once again to escape from the Lounge... But, the Mods found where I was living in
a plywood lean-to in the Montana Forum, they netted me and placed me in 'time-out' (I believe
that is a term Parents typically use) until I was civilized enough that they could re-introduce
me to the Lounge population.

This is partially your doing, BNL. I told you I -needed- those pics of you in Black Crocs and
Socks for 'bonding purposes'. :)

:hi:

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BarenakedLady

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Tue Jun-26-07 09:10 AM
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23. Ahhh ok

That makes sense.

:hi:

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Hugin

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Tue Jun-26-07 09:22 AM
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27. Really?

:rofl:

:hi: again.

and a :hug:

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BarenakedLady

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Tue Jun-26-07 09:37 AM
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28. Of course it does

To me anyway

:crazy: :silly:

Plus, the voices in my head told me it was true.

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Hugin

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Tue Jun-26-07 09:40 AM
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29. They're always correct...

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terrya

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Tue Jun-26-07 09:08 AM
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22. It's a little too cutesy for me.

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cwydro

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Tue Jun-26-07 09:16 AM
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24. Don't get it either.

I thought the Lounge cats posted were kinda funny though.

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hippiechick

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Tue Jun-26-07 09:17 AM
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25. I don't get ANYTHING to do with cats.

BTW, your Beagle is STILL adorable!

:hi: <-- from one Beagler to another!

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Zuiderelle

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Tue Jun-26-07 09:50 AM
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31. This one's cool.

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Richardo

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Tue Jun-26-07 09:54 AM
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32. Ha! It's funny because it doesn't use the lolcats spelling

'S33ling ca7 iz watching u ma5terb8.' :-|

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Zuiderelle

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Tue Jun-26-07 10:00 AM
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33. Or, "I'm in yer seelin, watchin yo masterbait."

Yeah, that would have been stupid. :D

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