Comments on: Examining Sad LOLcats

By: MENLOHEAVYWEIGHT

MENLOHEAVYWEIGHT — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 20:39:13 +0000

I never understood them, i guess sometimes there funny but I never understood what the craze was all about. I thought is just seemed silly and now that I see someone is actually taking the whole ting seriously and analyzing it, the lolcats has moved from silly to lame.

By: sw

sw — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 17:06:57 +0000

lolcats are one of my guilty pleasures. i do not admit it freely, but i check them daily, along with the newer loldogs and engrish posts on icanhascheezburger. very few things make me lol, but somehow those stupid cats do.

By: CelticCatEyes

CelticCatEyes — Sun, 16 Nov 2008 17:48:54 +0000

rabbitspade, this particular image may have been created by a user on http://icanhascheezburger.com/ So while this website cannot be credited for the creation of lolcats, if it is the website containing that particular image then it should be cited.

I love this image.

Finally, I realize some things Neatorama posts may seem silly compared to what is going on in the world, but frankly, as one of the Southern Californians tired of seeing their landscape going up in smoke, I do not find reports on the damages 'NEAT' and have an abundance of websites where I can find this information if I so need it.

By: Johnny Cat

Johnny Cat — Sun, 16 Nov 2008 17:36:58 +0000

@Brian

I'm sure Miss C wanted to do a story on the G20, or GM's running out of cash, or the California wildfires. But she opted to link to a piece on LOL Cats, because that's where Neatonauts can truly find meaningful perspective.

k thx bai.

By: silentwatcher24

silentwatcher24 — Sun, 16 Nov 2008 17:30:18 +0000

I love that words like "articulating profound feelings" and "pseudo-irony" and "poignancy" are used to describe stupid pictures of cats with little captions. I can't wait till some liberal arts English major decides to write his thesis on lolcats... and on that note, I do love lolcats... far too much actually. I find i'm rather addicted to them. I started reading them about 7 months ago, and actually took the time to go through about 200 pages of them in 2 days... my grammar was screwed for the rest of the week.

By: brian

brian — Sun, 16 Nov 2008 16:48:38 +0000

Geez slow news day?

By: rabbitspade

rabbitspade — Sun, 16 Nov 2008 16:00:58 +0000

You really should not credit "i can has cheezburger". Lolcats came from various sources across the internet years before "tofuburger" created that website and idiotically claimed to have invented the craze. Sure, the internet's all about cashing in on other people's talents, but you shouldn't take credit where its not due.

By: Rocky Rook

Rocky Rook — Sun, 16 Nov 2008 13:55:28 +0000

Oh ... now I understand.

By: lovemeordie236

lovemeordie236 — Sun, 16 Nov 2008 05:03:00 +0000

True, I can hardly ever resist to sad lolcats, they're just so funny-slash-pathetic to ignore!

By: Catsvillage

Catsvillage — Sun, 16 Nov 2008 04:48:24 +0000

I absolutlyz luvz LOLcatz