# 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:** 2
**Author:** ![Inna\_Minnit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Inna\_Minnit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inna_Minnit)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2014, 5:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/internet-meme-doge/687475/21 "2014-05-02T05:12:50Z")
> [@Macca26](#): > > 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. What the hell is wrong with her? Seriously. Girl ain’t right in the head. ---
**Author:** ![Max\_the\_Immortal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/6de8d8/32.png) [@Max\_the\_Immortal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_the_Immortal)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2014, 5:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/internet-meme-doge/687475/22 "2014-05-02T05:30:34Z")
Doge is a meme enjoyed by people who thought that lolcats were too articulate. ---
**Author:** ![Isilder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/cc9497/32.png) [@Isilder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Isilder)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2014, 6:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/internet-meme-doge/687475/23 "2014-05-02T06:02:06Z")
> [@kambuckta](#): > > Upon the guy being asked if it was \*his \*dog Why did you have to ask ? … Scared of being bitten ? (clip from Pink panther \>\>\> ) [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SXn2QVipK2o](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SXn2QVipK2o) ---
**Author:** ![Double\_Foolscap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/85e7bf/32.png) [@Double\_Foolscap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Double_Foolscap)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2014, 8:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/internet-meme-doge/687475/24 "2014-05-02T08:30:58Z")
Much meme ``` So discussion Wow ``` ---
**Author:** ![amanset](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8dc957/32.png) [@amanset](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amanset)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2014, 1:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/internet-meme-doge/687475/25 "2014-05-02T13:01:06Z")
This is quite a thing in Stockholm right now. SL, the company that runs the public transport, has been using Doge in their poster adverts. It apparently has confused a lot of people as it turns out that internet memes aren’t as widely known as some people think they are. I took this picture a week ago to share on Facebook: [https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/2346328/doge.jpg](https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/2346328/doge.jpg) When I took that photo I was with two people in their thirties. Neither of them had heard of Doge. We overheard two ladies in their twenties who also were confused by it. These links are in Swedish, but I’ll add them anyway. The first is, no doubt one of many, that explains Doge as so many people have been confused by it: > **[Metro Mode – Mode, skönhet, hälsa och inredning](https://metromode.se/)** > > På metromode.se hittar du de senaste nyheterna inom mode, inredning, träning och hälsa, skönhet, mode för män och Sveriges härligaste bloggar! The second is a story about how lots of people that do know about Doge have started nicking the posters: > **[Hundkampanj får folk att sno affischer](https://www.dn.se/sthlm/hundkampanj-far-folk-att-sno-affischer/)** > > En hund som biter i ett SL-kort och märkligt sammansatta meningar på engelska. ---
**Author:** ![lost4life](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c4cdca/32.png) [@lost4life](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lost4life)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2014, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/internet-meme-doge/687475/26 "2014-05-02T13:08:20Z")
Pointless story: I was in a local red-necky bar, and in the bathroom they have an ad for a veterinarian showing a dog in a lab coat, so I wrote\* doge-vet next to it. When I came back in later, I was surprised that someone added Much Vet - Such Heal - Wow! \*Not vandalism - This place has chalkboard walls in the bathroom and lets you draw on them. ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2014, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/internet-meme-doge/687475/27 "2014-05-02T13:11:43Z")
King Roderick: Yes. And what about the Doge? Hubert Hawkins: Oh, the Doge! King Roderick: Eh. Well what did the Doge do? Hubert Hawkins: The Doge do? King Roderick: Yes, the Doge do. Hubert Hawkins: Well, uh, the Doge did what the Doge does. Eh, uh, when the Doge does his duty to the Duke, that is. King Roderick: What? What’s that? Hubert Hawkins: Oh, it’s very simple, sire. When the Doge did his duty and the Duke didn’t, that’s when the Duchess did the dirt to the Duke with the Doge. King Roderick: Who did what to what? Hubert Hawkins: Oh, they all did, sire. There they were in the dark; the Duke with his dagger, the Doge with his dart, Duchess with her dirk. King Roderick: Duchess with her dirk? Hubert Hawkins: Yes! The Duchess dove at the Duke just when the Duke dove at the Doge. Now the Duke ducked, the Doge dodged, and the Duchess didn’t. So the Duke got the Duchess, the Duchess got the Doge, and the Doge got the Duke! ---
**Author:** ![CrankyAsAnOldMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crankyasanoldman/32/11670_2.png) [@CrankyAsAnOldMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CrankyAsAnOldMan)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2014, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/internet-meme-doge/687475/28 "2014-05-02T13:40:46Z")
Every so often a linguist will do a breakdown of popular memes; noting the patterns and rules (and yes, there are some). That’s always interesting (at least to me). I find doge HILARIOUS, but then I still find “when come back bring pie” funny. So. ---
**Author:** ![amanset](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8dc957/32.png) [@amanset](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amanset)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2014, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/internet-meme-doge/687475/29 "2014-05-02T13:56:22Z")
> [@CrankyAsAnOldMan](#): > > Every so often a linguist will do a breakdown of popular memes; noting the patterns and rules (and yes, there are some). That’s always interesting (at least to me). > > I find doge HILARIOUS, but then I still find “when come back bring pie” funny. So. Fuckit, lolcats still get me. I’m simple like that. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2014, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/internet-meme-doge/687475/30 "2014-05-02T13:56:34Z")
> [@Lasciel](#): > > Seriously tho, I’m impressed that you managed to avoid doge. It’s pretty invasive, as memes go. Huh. I know most the other memes in this thread, but, like the OP, I haven’t managed to come across the “doge” one. So you’re not the only one, OP! ---
**Author:** ![Calatin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/439d5e/32.png) [@Calatin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Calatin)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2014, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/internet-meme-doge/687475/31 "2014-05-02T14:17:45Z")
Set your (or his) homepage to [Zombo.com](http://Zombo.com). ---
**Author:** ![Ranger\_Jeff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranger_jeff/32/2065_2.png) [@Ranger\_Jeff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranger_Jeff)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2014, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/internet-meme-doge/687475/32 "2014-05-02T14:36:02Z")
Sneak the guy a link to that goatse image. ---
**Author:** ![Amateur\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/59ef9b/32.png) [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2014, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/internet-meme-doge/687475/33 "2014-05-02T14:46:10Z")
Show him [Scary Claus.](http://www.ebaumsworld.com/pictures/view/80433136/) I used it for an avatar for a bit until a friend very kindly please and thank you asked me to take the horrid fucking thing down. ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2014, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/internet-meme-doge/687475/34 "2014-05-02T15:29:48Z")
> [@Darryl\_Lict](#): > > I heard of it because of dogecoin, yet another damn version of bitcoin. Same here. Up to then, if I saw the word used I assumed it had something to do with the Republic of Venice. ---
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2014, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/internet-meme-doge/687475/35 "2014-05-02T16:24:10Z")
For future meme reference, the site **Der Trihs** mentioned, [http://knowyourmeme.com/](http://knowyourmeme.com/), is the best site to explain them I know of. ---
**Author:** ![ZenBeam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/3ab097/32.png) [@ZenBeam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZenBeam)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2014, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/internet-meme-doge/687475/36 "2014-05-02T16:29:52Z")
How is it pronounced? Just like “dog”, or with a long “o” like doe? Is there a second syllable, like Doe-gee or doe-gay? Hard G or soft G? ---
**Author:** ![markdash](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba8739/32.png) [@markdash](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/markdash)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2014, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/internet-meme-doge/687475/37 "2014-05-02T17:02:54Z")
> [@Double\_Foolscap](#): > > Much meme > > ``` > So discussion > Wow > > ``` I wish I could upvote or “like” this post. But I can’t, so I’ll just say “well done.” 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![gnoitall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bb73d2/32.png) [@gnoitall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gnoitall)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2014, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/internet-meme-doge/687475/38 "2014-05-02T17:15:00Z")
> [@markdash](#): > > I wish I could upvote or “like” this post. But I can’t, so I’ll just say “well done.” 🙂 TBH, I’m a little surprised it took 24 posts. But well done, good form, good show. ---
**Author:** ![gnoitall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bb73d2/32.png) [@gnoitall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gnoitall)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2014, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/internet-meme-doge/687475/39 "2014-05-02T17:23:30Z")
> [@kambuckta](#): > > 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: . :: 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? I am somewhat meme-savvy, or at least flatter myself that I am. Maybe my connection to that rich mother-vein loosened after the 'aughts, but I was pretty much right there for Hatten or AYB or almost all the sweet sweet Shockwave-based goodness on Newgrounds or Albino Blacksheep. (IMHO, nothing has ever touched the awesomeness of the Terrible Secret of Space. Nothing.) But I only heard about “doge” because it got folded into the April Fools’ 2014 World of Warcraft patch notes: > [@Blizzard Entertainment](#): > > •Dogecoin is now accepted as a form of payment, but no one really knows how it works. > [snip] > •Aspect of the Pack has been renamed to Aspect of the Doge. Many daze, much anger, so mystery, wow! ---
**Author:** ![Procrustus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/procrustus/32/2994_2.png) [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2014, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/internet-meme-doge/687475/40 "2014-05-02T17:26:47Z")
> [@pulykamell](#): > > Huh. I know most the other memes in this thread, but, like the OP, I haven’t managed to come across the “doge” one. So you’re not the only one, OP! Me three. Never heard of it. But I don’t get out much. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/internet-meme-doge/687475.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/internet-meme-doge/687475.md?page=3)