# What the fuck is I can?
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-fuck-is-i-can/419546
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
**Created:** [September 17, 2007, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-fuck-is-i-can/419546 "2007-09-17T22:11:55Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author:  [@Harmonious\_Discord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harmonious_Discord)
#### Post date: [September 17, 2007, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-fuck-is-i-can/419546/1 "2007-09-17T22:11:55Z")
Why are threads littered with “I can has”.
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### Author:  [@Baffle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baffle)
#### Post date: [September 17, 2007, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-fuck-is-i-can/419546/2 "2007-09-17T22:12:25Z")
> **[I Can Has Cheezburger?](https://icanhas.cheezburger.com/)**
>
> World's largest collection of cat memes and other animals
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### Author:  [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)
#### Post date: [September 17, 2007, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-fuck-is-i-can/419546/3 "2007-09-17T22:14:52Z")
😃
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### Author:  [@dotchan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dotchan)
#### Post date: [September 17, 2007, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-fuck-is-i-can/419546/4 "2007-09-17T22:17:05Z")
Also,
[http://lolcode.com/](http://lolcode.com/)
😃
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### Author:  [@Ferret\_Herder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferret_Herder)
#### Post date: [September 17, 2007, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-fuck-is-i-can/419546/5 "2007-09-17T22:52:18Z")
I’m sure the [Pit thread on the topic](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=436785) spurred more threads out of sheer stubbornness.
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### Author:  [@Harmonious\_Discord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harmonious_Discord)
#### Post date: [September 17, 2007, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-fuck-is-i-can/419546/6 "2007-09-17T23:00:04Z")
Ok. A useless site. Got it. At least I know iy’s not a user like I thought when it first showed up.
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### Author:  [@racer72](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racer72)
#### Post date: [September 17, 2007, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-fuck-is-i-can/419546/7 "2007-09-17T23:04:01Z")
[QUOTE=Baffle]
[www.icanhascheezburger.com](http://www.icanhascheezburger.com)
[/QUOTE]
Anyone else have problems with this site. I click on the link, the site opens then a popup says the site cannot be loaded. Click ok and you go to a “page cannot be loaded” screen.
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### Author:  [@Birdmonster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Birdmonster)
#### Post date: [September 17, 2007, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-fuck-is-i-can/419546/8 "2007-09-17T23:04:46Z")
Well, at least I know; at least ignorance has been fought. Next fight: stupidity.
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### Author:  [@gardentraveler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gardentraveler)
#### Post date: [September 17, 2007, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-fuck-is-i-can/419546/9 "2007-09-17T23:10:24Z")
[QUOTE=racer72]
Anyone else have problems with this site. I click on the link, the site opens then a popup says the site cannot be loaded. Click ok and you go to a “page cannot be loaded” screen.
[/QUOTE]
Worked fine for me.
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### Author:  [@Juggler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Juggler)
#### Post date: [September 17, 2007, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-fuck-is-i-can/419546/10 "2007-09-17T23:14:08Z")
[QUOTE=racer72]
Anyone else have problems with this site. I click on the link, the site opens then a popup says the site cannot be loaded. Click ok and you go to a “page cannot be loaded” screen.
[/QUOTE]
No problem here.
Edit: No delete function?
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### Author:  [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)
#### Post date: [September 17, 2007, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-fuck-is-i-can/419546/11 "2007-09-17T23:19:52Z")
[QUOTE=racer72]
Anyone else have problems with this site. I click on the link, the site opens then a popup says the site cannot be loaded. Click ok and you go to a “page cannot be loaded” screen.
[/QUOTE]
I get that sometimes on that site, but refresh always takes care of it.
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### Author:  [@jeepus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jeepus)
#### Post date: [September 17, 2007, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-fuck-is-i-can/419546/12 "2007-09-17T23:21:28Z")
[QUOTE=racer72]
Anyone else have problems with this site. I click on the link, the site opens then a popup says the site cannot be loaded. Click ok and you go to a “page cannot be loaded” screen.
[/QUOTE]
I had that happen too; the page loads, I can even scroll down, then about four or five seconds later I get a popup that says the site cannot be loaded. I click on the ok button on the pop up and get a “page can not be loaded” screen.
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### Author:  [@garygnu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garygnu)
#### Post date: [September 17, 2007, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-fuck-is-i-can/419546/13 "2007-09-17T23:24:52Z")
I clicked on the link, but all I got were pictures of cats with poorly-phrased captions that, I suppose, were intended to be humorous. Can someone send a fixed link?
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### Author:  [@dotchan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dotchan)
#### Post date: [September 17, 2007, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-fuck-is-i-can/419546/14 "2007-09-17T23:53:47Z")
[QUOTE=garygnu]
I clicked on the link, but all I got were pictures of cats with poorly-phrased captions that, I suppose, were intended to be humorous. Can someone send a fixed link?
[/QUOTE]
…is that a whoosh?
That’s the point of the site: kyute kittehs + badly spelled captions = teh win.
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### Author:  [@panamajack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panamajack)
#### Post date: [September 17, 2007, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-fuck-is-i-can/419546/15 "2007-09-17T23:55:39Z")
[Fixed Link](http://www.flickr.com/photos/apelad/sets/72157600296941365/)
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### Author:  [@bbs2k](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bbs2k)
#### Post date: [September 18, 2007, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-fuck-is-i-can/419546/16 "2007-09-18T00:50:47Z")
My God what have I done.
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### Author:  [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)
#### Post date: [September 18, 2007, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-fuck-is-i-can/419546/17 "2007-09-18T00:55:47Z")
Can somebody just goddamn explain what the fuck it means and quit dicking around with these coy, bullshit links to gibberish riddled cat pictures. I keep seeing those “I can” thread titles too and I wouldn’t mind a straight goddamn forward explanation. what the fuck is so hard about that?
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### Author:  [@bbs2k](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bbs2k)
#### Post date: [September 18, 2007, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-fuck-is-i-can/419546/18 "2007-09-18T01:01:19Z")
[QUOTE=Diogenes the Cynic]
Can somebody just goddamn explain what the fuck it means and quit dicking around with these coy, bullshit links to gibberish riddled cat pictures. I keep seeing those “I can” thread titles too and I wouldn’t mind a straight goddamn forward explanation. what the fuck is so hard about that?
[/QUOTE]
It’s a deliberate jab at self mockery (ie don’t take me seriously in a funny way [attempted])
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### Author:  [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)
#### Post date: [September 18, 2007, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-fuck-is-i-can/419546/19 "2007-09-18T01:04:00Z")
[QUOTE=bigbabysweets2000]
It’s a deliberate jab at self mockery (ie don’t take me seriously in a funny way [attempted])
[/QUOTE]
The bad grammar in the cat pictures is the joke? Is this the latest fad, to mimic the bad grammar in those horrifying cat pictures? Wow, that is lame…even for the internets that is some kind of powerful stupid.
ETA, nothing personal **bigbabysweets**. This one just isn’t for me. I won’t ruin anybody else’s fun anymore. Please forgive my interruption.
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### Author:  [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)
#### Post date: [September 18, 2007, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-fuck-is-i-can/419546/20 "2007-09-18T01:04:27Z")
The links are the explanation. It’s a dumb humor site and internet meme.
> **[Lolcat](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lolcat)**
>
> A lolcat (pronounced /ˈlɒlkæt/ LOL-kat), or LOLcat, is an image macro of one or more cats. Lolcat images' idiosyncratic and intentionally grammatically incorrect text is known as lolspeak.
> Lolcat is a compound word of the acronymic abbreviation LOL (laugh out loud) and the word "cat". A synonym for lolcat is cat macro or cat meme, since the images are a type of image macro and also a well-known genre of meme. Lolcats are commonly designed for photo sharing imageboards and other Internet forums...
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