# Internet meme....doge? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [May 2, 2014, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/internet-meme-doge/687475 "2014-05-02T01:10:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![kambuckta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/53a042/32.png) [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2014, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/internet-meme-doge/687475/1 "2014-05-02T01:10:46Z")
My job involves telecommuting from home, likewise for all my coworkers. We have a ‘chat’ function onscreen that allows us to, well, chat I guess, with thumbnail photos of ourselves alongside our names. A couple of workers have chosen different avatars, and one of those is a dog. Upon the guy being asked if it was \*his \*dog, he commented: > [@](#): > > hahahahaha it’s like you people have never been on the internet before. Look up doge it’s a popular internet meme . :: rolleyes :: So for being a fucking rude little arsehole, I called him out. 😃 But anyway, was curious about just how ‘memie’ this doge thing is. Being an oldish fart, I’d never come across it, nor had any of my other coworkers (different ages and backgrounds). If you saw a picture of a Shiba Inu dog, would you recognise it as a meme? ---
**Author:** ![Darryl\_Lict](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7cd45c/32.png) [@Darryl\_Lict](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darryl_Lict)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2014, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/internet-meme-doge/687475/2 "2014-05-02T01:16:02Z")
I heard of it because of dogecoin, yet another damn version of bitcoin. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2014, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/internet-meme-doge/687475/3 "2014-05-02T01:21:55Z")
I burning your doge. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2014, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/internet-meme-doge/687475/4 "2014-05-02T01:25:59Z")
Yeah, I’ve encountered this meme before. I’m 57, so I’m entering old fart-dom. ---
**Author:** ![Macca26](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/13edae/32.png) [@Macca26](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Macca26)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2014, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/internet-meme-doge/687475/5 "2014-05-02T01:29:36Z")
Best use of the meme is undoubtedly [Doge Weather](http://www.dogeweather.com). And of course, a quick google is usually all you need to explain most memes. ETA: You’re supposed to read all the text on the photos in the most sarcastic voice possible. ---
**Author:** ![Lukeinva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lukeinva/32/17872_2.png) [@Lukeinva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lukeinva)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2014, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/internet-meme-doge/687475/6 "2014-05-02T01:50:08Z")
meme ---
**Author:** ![Princhester](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3e96dc/32.png) [@Princhester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Princhester)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2014, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/internet-meme-doge/687475/7 "2014-05-02T02:08:19Z")
> [@kambuckta](#): > > > [@](#): > > > > hahahahaha it’s like you people have never been on the internet before. Look up doge it’s a popular internet meme It is now this board’s mission to think of a '90’s internet meme this kid hasn’t heard of for Kambuckta to use back on him. ---
**Author:** ![kambuckta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/53a042/32.png) [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2014, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/internet-meme-doge/687475/8 "2014-05-02T02:14:59Z")
> [@Princhester](#): > > It is now this board’s mission to think of a '90’s internet meme this kid hasn’t heard of for Kambuckta to use back on him. Please! ---
**Author:** ![Isamu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/7c8e57/32.png) [@Isamu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Isamu)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2014, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/internet-meme-doge/687475/9 "2014-05-02T02:19:24Z")
Just send him a picture of milhouse. ---
**Author:** ![Macca26](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/13edae/32.png) [@Macca26](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Macca26)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2014, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/internet-meme-doge/687475/10 "2014-05-02T02:25:11Z")
> [@Isamu](#): > > Just send him a picture of milhouse. Nah, Milhouse is still currently used. If he didn’t know “All your base” that would be pretty embarrassing for a guy who claims to know the internet, but do you really want to go around spouting juvenile stuff like “Someone set up us the bomb”? Memes are best enjoyed by never speaking of them. As soon as you open your mouth to say one, you realize just how bad it sounds. ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2014, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/internet-meme-doge/687475/11 "2014-05-02T02:26:16Z")
> [@kambuckta](#): > > Please! Dancing baby? [https://www.google.com/search?q=dancing+baby+gif&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&hl=en&client=safari#facrc=\_&imgrc=s4B0siyEMQ\_buM%253A%3Bundefined%3Bhttp%253A%252F%252Fimg2.wikia.nocookie.net%252F\_\_cb20100906182852%252Funcyclopedia%252Fimages%252Fa%252Fab%252FDancing\_baby.gif%3Bhttp%253A%252F%252Funcyclopedia.wikia.com%252Fwiki%252FFile%253ADancing\_baby.gif%3B200%3B230](https://www.google.com/search?q=dancing+baby+gif&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&hl=en&client=safari#facrc=_&imgrc=s4B0siyEMQ_buM%253A%3Bundefined%3Bhttp%253A%252F%252Fimg2.wikia.nocookie.net%252F__cb20100906182852%252Funcyclopedia%252Fimages%252Fa%252Fab%252FDancing_baby.gif%3Bhttp%253A%252F%252Funcyclopedia.wikia.com%252Fwiki%252FFile%253ADancing_baby.gif%3B200%3B230) ---
**Author:** ![Lasciel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e79b87/32.png) [@Lasciel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lasciel)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2014, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/internet-meme-doge/687475/12 "2014-05-02T02:34:47Z")
I thought of dancing baby also, but you could always just be classy and Rickroll him. Seriously tho, I’m impressed that you managed to avoid doge. It’s pretty invasive, as memes go. ---
**Author:** ![Macca26](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/13edae/32.png) [@Macca26](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Macca26)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2014, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/internet-meme-doge/687475/13 "2014-05-02T02:38:22Z")
I guess if you just wanted to enrage him via meme you could post a video of [Boxxy](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yavx9yxTrsw). If he actually likes Boxxy then there is no hope left for him in this world. ---
**Author:** ![Pork\_Rind](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pork_rind/32/111_2.png) [@Pork\_Rind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pork_Rind)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2014, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/internet-meme-doge/687475/14 "2014-05-02T02:38:38Z")
Shoot, the Dogecoin guys even have a car in NASCAR. > **[Dogecoin Nascar paint scheme unveiled. Wow. Such doge.](https://www.cnet.com/culture/dogecoin-nascar-paint-scheme-unveiled-wow-such-doge/)** > > Dogecoin users can now see the highly entertaining results of having raised $55,000 to sponsor a Nascar racer. ---
**Author:** ![Aspidistra](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspidistra/32/3894_2.png) [@Aspidistra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspidistra)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2014, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/internet-meme-doge/687475/15 "2014-05-02T02:45:49Z")
“Someone set us up the bomb” was at least based on a video clip which was pretty funny. This one seems just…pointless. Why? I say, why? Internet memes have really gone to the doges. ---
**Author:** ![Projammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/projammer/32/559_2.png) [@Projammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Projammer)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2014, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/internet-meme-doge/687475/16 "2014-05-02T02:53:03Z")
Badger? ---
**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2014, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/internet-meme-doge/687475/17 "2014-05-02T02:54:39Z")
> [@kambuckta](#): > > But anyway, was curious about just how ‘memie’ this doge thing is. Being an oldish fart, I’d never come across it, nor had any of my other coworkers (different ages and backgrounds). If you saw a picture of a Shiba Inu dog, would you recognise it as a meme? [Know Your Meme has a page on it](http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/doge). > [@](#): > > Doge is a slang term for “dog” that is primarily associated with pictures of Shiba Inus (nicknamed “Shibe”) and internal monologue captions on Tumblr. These photos may be photoshopped to change the dog’s face or captioned with interior monologues in Comic Sans font. I mostly became familiar with it on another forum, where some people often mock discussions about Bitcoin with Dogecoin references, since Dogecoin is doing better. Which is funny because Dogecoin was created as a joke, while Bitcoin is treated as Very Serious Business by its proponents. ---
**Author:** ![Rick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9f8e36/32.png) [@Rick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2014, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/internet-meme-doge/687475/18 "2014-05-02T02:58:21Z")
Grab a screen cap from all your base and use that as your avatar. ---
**Author:** ![Isamu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/7c8e57/32.png) [@Isamu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Isamu)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2014, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/internet-meme-doge/687475/19 "2014-05-02T04:15:00Z")
> [@Macca26](#): > > Nah, Milhouse is still currently used. If he didn’t know “All your base” that would be pretty embarrassing for a guy who claims to know the internet, but do you really want to go around spouting juvenile stuff like “Someone set up us the bomb”? Memes are best enjoyed by never speaking of them. As soon as you open your mouth to say one, you realize just how bad it sounds. Millhouse is shorthand for saying “xxx is not a meme!” Then you can have a fight about what makes a meme. ---
**Author:** ![PSXer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/48db29/32.png) [@PSXer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PSXer)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2014, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/internet-meme-doge/687475/20 "2014-05-02T04:45:58Z")
Doge is one of the most popular memes atm You’re out of touch if you don’t know about it [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/internet-meme-doge/687475.md?page=2)