# With apologies to grammar, what is ur opinion on "lolcats" **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [June 17, 2007, 5:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/with-apologies-to-grammar-what-is-ur-opinion-on-lolcats/408339 "2007-06-17T05:33:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Celyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9dc877/32.png) [@Celyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Celyn)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2007, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/with-apologies-to-grammar-what-is-ur-opinion-on-lolcats/408339/21 "2007-06-17T16:41:56Z")
[QUOTE=An Gadaí] Another reason to throw my computer out the window. [/QUOTE] Now see if you got a cat instead of a computer, it would throw _itself_ out of the window. Saves effort on your part. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![An\_Gadai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@An\_Gadai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Gadai)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2007, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/with-apologies-to-grammar-what-is-ur-opinion-on-lolcats/408339/22 "2007-06-17T16:44:56Z")
[QUOTE=Celyn] Now see if you got a cat instead of a computer, it would throw _itself_ out of the window. Saves effort on your part. 🙂 [/QUOTE] Well I was hoping the computer would land on a few lolcats. Grrrz0rz. ---
**Author:** ![Celyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9dc877/32.png) [@Celyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Celyn)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2007, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/with-apologies-to-grammar-what-is-ur-opinion-on-lolcats/408339/23 "2007-06-17T16:49:14Z")
Oh boo hiss, sobz sobz. ☹ But isn’t it a little bit funny that the lolcats are (mostly) there to make fun of the horrible spellings, and the people who use them? And there is not much we can all do about the nasty-spelling people, apart from laugh. ---
**Author:** ![Savannah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b3f665/32.png) [@Savannah](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Savannah)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2007, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/with-apologies-to-grammar-what-is-ur-opinion-on-lolcats/408339/24 "2007-06-17T17:13:47Z")
Not every LOLcat is a gem of humour, but given the right caption and the right absurd kitty picture–I right-click-and-save for future chuckles. And I’m a dog person, too. Paws up on LOLcats for now. ---
**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2007, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/with-apologies-to-grammar-what-is-ur-opinion-on-lolcats/408339/25 "2007-06-17T18:49:20Z")
[QUOTE=pprgrl] On a similar note, here’s one from [The New Adventures of Queen Victoria.](http://www.gocomics.com/thenewadventuresofqueenvictoria/2007/06/03/) I like them, so far, but I’m always pretty late catching on to these things. [/QUOTE] Ha! Now THAT got a real life LOL out of me. Thx! 😃 _We can has literacy, plz?_! I love it! ---
**Author:** ![Beaucarnea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c0e974/32.png) [@Beaucarnea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beaucarnea)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2007, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/with-apologies-to-grammar-what-is-ur-opinion-on-lolcats/408339/26 "2007-06-17T19:05:06Z")
Aren’t we supposed to imagine that the cats are responsible for composing the captions? I thought that the crazy grammar and misspelling mistakes were due to the cats’ poor grasp of keyboarding and the English language. You know, 'cause they’re cats. (If so, I find them hilarious. If the object of lolcats is to test my understanding of leetspeak- they stink. And I like cats.) ---
**Author:** ![Hello\_Again](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/85e7bf/32.png) [@Hello\_Again](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hello_Again)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2007, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/with-apologies-to-grammar-what-is-ur-opinion-on-lolcats/408339/27 "2007-06-17T19:19:41Z")
I confess I am a fan. I enjoy them in all their permutations, particularly lolruses and of course [lolpresidents](http://forums.fark.com/cgi/fark/comments.pl?IDLink=2823158&thread_type=voteresults&ok=1) ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2007, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/with-apologies-to-grammar-what-is-ur-opinion-on-lolcats/408339/28 "2007-06-17T19:41:39Z")
Mostly charming and hilarious. There are some loser ones out there - the follow-up pic to [I has a bucket](http://funnyjunk.com/funny_pictures/1765/I+Has+A+Bucket/) is poorly executed. But still cute. I have “I made you a cookie… but I eated it” as my desktop. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2007, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/with-apologies-to-grammar-what-is-ur-opinion-on-lolcats/408339/29 "2007-06-17T19:46:42Z")
I love 'em! Guaranteed to make me at least chuckle, no matter how bad a mood I’m in. [This is my favourite site for them](http://www.acc.umu.se/~zqad/cats/index.html) [Everybody poops.](http://www.acc.umu.se/~zqad/cats/index.html?view=1174330218-1174130692444.jpg) My personal favourite - [Ceiling Cat.](http://www.encyclopediadramatica.com/Image:Ceilingcat.jpg) [Okay, that ain’t right.](http://www.acc.umu.se/~zqad/cats/index.html?view=1181592539-kittehsUntitled49.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![delphica](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e9a140/32.png) [@delphica](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/delphica)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2007, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/with-apologies-to-grammar-what-is-ur-opinion-on-lolcats/408339/30 "2007-06-18T01:10:59Z")
Oh, I love them. I find it a little odd, in fact, because even though I like cute pictures of cats, jokes about bad spelling and bad grammar usually leave me cold. It’s the kind of thing where I keep thinking I will hit the point of overexposure to the lolcats and not find them so funny anymore, but every time I think I am getting close, a new one is added that just slays me. Laugh out loud funny, for real. The other weird thing I’ve noticed about my love for lolcats is that I’m _terrible_ at making them up myself. How hard can it be, right? We have some pictures of our cat that seem like they could lend themselves to captioning (for private consumption only – don’t worry, I’m not about to lolcatbomb MPSIMS) but I can never come up with anything. lolcats recently made an appearance on one of the other sites I’m devoted to, [Geoffrey Chaucer Hath A Blog](http://houseoffame.blogspot.com/) ---
**Author:** ![Telperien](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/65b543/32.png) [@Telperien](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telperien)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2007, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/with-apologies-to-grammar-what-is-ur-opinion-on-lolcats/408339/31 "2007-06-18T01:51:51Z")
I like them. The recent physics one was quite cute. And indeed they are difficult to make up oneself. Edit: I also like the Chaucer blogge, as well. (har, blogge! I kill me) ---
**Author:** ![Mister\_Rik](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mister_rik/32/491_2.png) [@Mister\_Rik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mister_Rik)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2007, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/with-apologies-to-grammar-what-is-ur-opinion-on-lolcats/408339/32 "2007-06-18T04:01:58Z")
[QUOTE=brendon\_small] I saw that this was on one of the collection sites. Wonderful gag from a great webcomic. [XKCD](http://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/in_ur_reality.png). It’s “lolcat” related! [/QUOTE] Thanks to this thread, I _finally_ “get” that cartoon. I’ve been reading XKCD for a while, but that one went right over my head. Until now. ---
**Author:** ![Frylock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ce7236/32.png) [@Frylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frylock)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2007, 5:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/with-apologies-to-grammar-what-is-ur-opinion-on-lolcats/408339/33 "2007-06-18T05:54:30Z")
[QUOTE=Beaucarnea] Aren’t we supposed to imagine that the cats are responsible for composing the captions? I thought that the crazy grammar and misspelling mistakes were due to the cats’ poor grasp of keyboarding and the English language. You know, 'cause they’re cats. (If so, I find them hilarious. If the object of lolcats is to test my understanding of leetspeak- they stink. And I like cats.) [/QUOTE] That’s how I interpreted it as well. -FrL- ---
**Author:** ![brendon\_small](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/brendon_small/32/17101_2.png) [@brendon\_small](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brendon_small)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2007, 7:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/with-apologies-to-grammar-what-is-ur-opinion-on-lolcats/408339/34 "2007-06-18T07:00:56Z")
[QUOTE=Phase42] Thanks to this thread, I _finally_ “get” that cartoon. I’ve been reading XKCD for a while, but that one went right over my head. Until now. [/QUOTE] Of course, you know that admitting an XKCD comic went over your head is the ultimate shame! (not really, I know there are a few that I am completely lost on, but that’s ok, I try hard) Also, I interpreted the pictures as having errors due to kitty’s inability to type. I figure if it came for any other reason, I’d not laugh as much, but I like the image of a little cat sitting at his computer, captioning things for his website. It’s weird because I can’t stand cats usually… Brendon Small ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2007, 10:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/with-apologies-to-grammar-what-is-ur-opinion-on-lolcats/408339/35 "2007-06-18T10:18:13Z")
I love it because it puts cats in vaguely human situations (well duh). I found a few pictures way before I found the site. One had a cat inside a PC tower looking inquisitively into one of the drive bays. The caption reads: “Don’t worry, I’m from tech support” Another similar one reads “I upgraded your RAM” and there’s a picture of a cat standing on it’s hind legs looking rather sad and pathetic. Caption is. “I baked you a cookie, but I eated it” ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2007, 11:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/with-apologies-to-grammar-what-is-ur-opinion-on-lolcats/408339/36 "2007-06-18T11:13:33Z")
They’re stupid, but I can’t help being amused by them. I like the [I has a hat](http://icanhascheezburger.com/2007/06/16/i-has-a-hat/) sort much more than the ‘i is in ur [whatever]…’ ---
**Author:** ![BlackKnight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/eb8c5e/32.png) [@BlackKnight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlackKnight)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2007, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/with-apologies-to-grammar-what-is-ur-opinion-on-lolcats/408339/37 "2007-06-18T13:28:04Z")
I love them. Sure, some are lame, but many are hilarious. My all-time favorite is “I made you a cookie, but I eated it.” Ceiling Cat and “Jesus Christ it’s a lion! Get in the car!” are close seconds. ---
**Author:** ![Zsofia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/7bcc69/32.png) [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2007, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/with-apologies-to-grammar-what-is-ur-opinion-on-lolcats/408339/38 "2007-06-18T14:48:49Z")
I can’t help loving them, man. There’s a lot of dumb ones, but then there’ll be one that’s just freaking hilarious. Sometimes they’re just really clever or have great comic timing, but I can’t explain at all what I love about[this guy](http://icanhascheezburger.com/2007/06/04/i-know/) - he just cracks me up every time. ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2007, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/with-apologies-to-grammar-what-is-ur-opinion-on-lolcats/408339/39 "2007-06-18T14:52:21Z")
[QUOTE=Zsofia] I can’t help loving them, man. There’s a lot of dumb ones, but then there’ll be one that’s just freaking hilarious. Sometimes they’re just really clever or have great comic timing, but I can’t explain at all what I love about[this guy](http://icanhascheezburger.com/2007/06/04/i-know/) - he just cracks me up every time. [/QUOTE] For some reason I imagine the cat is a communist russian cat. Not sure why???! ---
**Author:** ![Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troy_mcclure_sf/32/4150_2.png) [@Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Troy_McClure_SF)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2007, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/with-apologies-to-grammar-what-is-ur-opinion-on-lolcats/408339/40 "2007-06-18T15:40:00Z")
I hate cats, but damned if those lolcats don’t crack me up every time. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/with-apologies-to-grammar-what-is-ur-opinion-on-lolcats/408339.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/with-apologies-to-grammar-what-is-ur-opinion-on-lolcats/408339.md?page=3)