# 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:** 3
**Author:** ![iwakura43](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de0a6/32.png) [@iwakura43](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iwakura43)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2007, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/with-apologies-to-grammar-what-is-ur-opinion-on-lolcats/408339/41 "2007-06-18T15:47:03Z")
Sometimes there are funny ones. I read a message board where a lot of these memes start, so I’ve seen a billion and one [image macros](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image_macro). While the format itself (silly picture + caption in capital letters) is a bit tired, it’s flexible enough to produce entertaining material not infrequently. The ‘I has a bucket’ elephant seal is a good example. ---
**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, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/with-apologies-to-grammar-what-is-ur-opinion-on-lolcats/408339/42 "2007-06-18T16:09:27Z")
[QUOTE=Lobsang] For some reason I imagine the cat is a communist russian cat. Not sure why???! [/QUOTE] I think he’s just tired of people who say, “What’s that thing on your face?” all the time. He’s a weary cat. ---
**Author:** ![Lightnin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lightnin/32/180_2.png) [@Lightnin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lightnin)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2007, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/with-apologies-to-grammar-what-is-ur-opinion-on-lolcats/408339/43 "2007-06-18T16:58:06Z")
I’m enjoying these [retro-styled LOLCat-inspired comic strips](http://www.flickr.com/photos/apelad/sets/72157600296941365/). ---
**Author:** ![JonScribe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/3be4f8/32.png) [@JonScribe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JonScribe)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2007, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/with-apologies-to-grammar-what-is-ur-opinion-on-lolcats/408339/44 "2007-06-18T17:01:55Z")
I am a 43-year-old man, and I should not be giggling like a 7-year-old girl. ---
**Author:** ![Misnomer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misnomer/32/14897_2.png) [@Misnomer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Misnomer)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2007, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/with-apologies-to-grammar-what-is-ur-opinion-on-lolcats/408339/45 "2007-06-18T17:47:08Z")
I’m with those who find lolcats to be funnier than they should be, despite a general loathing for leet-speak/bad grammar. Just yesterday a friend of mine posted a funny (and original) lolcats-related photo on his LiveJournal, and I have his permission to post a link to the entry: **[“(remember the optimized internet keyboard?)”](http://madbodger.livejournal.com/79928.html)** [QUOTE=bigbabysweets2000] Here is a good doper example, which is my desktop background. [/QUOTE] It’s mine, now, too. Thanks! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![BaneSidhe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c5a1d2/32.png) [@BaneSidhe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BaneSidhe)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2007, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/with-apologies-to-grammar-what-is-ur-opinion-on-lolcats/408339/46 "2007-06-18T18:22:50Z")
Some of the lolCats are dumb as hell but there’s a goodly number of them that make me laugh till I’m almost sick. The computer ones (especially the “Hi! I’m from Tech Support!”) are faves in my house. ---
**Author:** ![Maggie\_the\_Ocelot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/df705f/32.png) [@Maggie\_the\_Ocelot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maggie_the_Ocelot)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2007, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/with-apologies-to-grammar-what-is-ur-opinion-on-lolcats/408339/47 "2007-06-18T18:28:19Z")
They are the cancer that is killing /b/. \>.\> \<.\< ---
**Author:** ![Litoris](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/9f8e36/32.png) [@Litoris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Litoris)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2007, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/with-apologies-to-grammar-what-is-ur-opinion-on-lolcats/408339/48 "2007-06-18T19:23:38Z")
Some of them make me grin, but the one that I laughed myself silly over (then passed on to my daughter) was [LOLcky Horror Picture Show](http://www.ee0r.com/lolckyhorror/index.html). My daughter and I are now prone to the occasional expletive “Surprize Buttsecks!” and a burst of idiotic giggles. ---
**Author:** ![Risha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/5fc32e/32.png) [@Risha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Risha)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2007, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/with-apologies-to-grammar-what-is-ur-opinion-on-lolcats/408339/49 "2007-06-18T20:34:49Z")
I just ran across this [manatee](http://www.flickr.com/photos/ulrichp/1362599/) today. ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2007, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/with-apologies-to-grammar-what-is-ur-opinion-on-lolcats/408339/50 "2007-06-18T20:45:03Z")
[QUOTE=Risha] I just ran across this [manatee](http://www.flickr.com/photos/ulrichp/1362599/) today. [/QUOTE] “Manatee - speed bumps of the sea.” ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2007, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/with-apologies-to-grammar-what-is-ur-opinion-on-lolcats/408339/51 "2007-06-18T21:40:56Z")
[QUOTE=delphica] 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. [/QUOTE] Yes, exactly. “Oh no, not more of these things…?” [Yes](http://icanhascheezburger.com/2007/06/12/lolcat-alignright) and [yes](http://icanhascheezburger.com/2007/06/14/this-is-mah-job). 😃 😃 😃 ---
**Author:** ![kayT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayt/32/3633_2.png) [@kayT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayT)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2007, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/with-apologies-to-grammar-what-is-ur-opinion-on-lolcats/408339/52 "2007-06-18T22:25:56Z")
Good to know I am in good company with my humiliating addiction. Thanks for the additions to my collection. (pushers!) ---
**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, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/with-apologies-to-grammar-what-is-ur-opinion-on-lolcats/408339/53 "2007-06-18T23:25:20Z")
[QUOTE=Lightnin’] I’m enjoying these [retro-styled LOLCat-inspired comic strips](http://www.flickr.com/photos/apelad/sets/72157600296941365/). [/QUOTE] [Laugh-Out-Loud Cats #20 | Visit HOBOTOPIA.com for more infor… | Flickr](http://www.flickr.com/photos/apelad/559029291/in/set-72157600296941365/)😃😃 -FrL- ---
**Author:** ![Zjestika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/8edcca/32.png) [@Zjestika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zjestika)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2007, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/with-apologies-to-grammar-what-is-ur-opinion-on-lolcats/408339/54 "2007-06-19T00:04:12Z")
[QUOTE=Risha] I just ran across this [manatee](http://www.flickr.com/photos/ulrichp/1362599/) today. [/QUOTE] I laughed at that until I had tears running down my face. My SO thinks I’m nuts. Thanks for that. ---
**Author:** ![nevermore](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/a587f6/32.png) [@nevermore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nevermore)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2007, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/with-apologies-to-grammar-what-is-ur-opinion-on-lolcats/408339/55 "2007-06-19T00:16:13Z")
oh, I laugh like an idiot at those stupid things. not ALL of them, mind you, but some of them I just cannot help myself. the first time I saw the “LET ME SHOW YOU MY POKEMANS” thing I swear I was incoherent for freakin’ _hours_. after that one, my favorite is the [lolrus series](http://icanhascheezburger.com/tag/lolrus/page/3/). (starts on page 3; work your way backwards) I do get annoyed at the ones that try too hard or have too much misspelled text. short and sweet is key. ---
**Author:** ![Lionne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Lionne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lionne)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2007, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/with-apologies-to-grammar-what-is-ur-opinion-on-lolcats/408339/56 "2007-06-19T00:31:53Z")
I love them…I crack up nearly every time. [Here’s](http://img256.imageshack.us/img256/4241/cqs1176346563sth9.jpg) a bird one if anyone’s interested! ---
**Author:** ![Gr8Kat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gr8kat/32/18668_2.png) [@Gr8Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gr8Kat)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2007, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/with-apologies-to-grammar-what-is-ur-opinion-on-lolcats/408339/57 "2007-06-19T00:38:35Z")
[QUOTE=FisherQueen] I like them. They make me laugh. Or at least smile quietly. So I don’t care that they’re kind of stupid. [/QUOTE] Me too. I even bought the buttons from cheezburger, so the whole world can know I like things that are kind of stupid. I know, that’s what’s wrong with America today. ---
**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 19, 2007, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/with-apologies-to-grammar-what-is-ur-opinion-on-lolcats/408339/58 "2007-06-19T00:40:24Z")
[QUOTE=LunaV] I love them…I crack up nearly every time. [Here’s](http://img256.imageshack.us/img256/4241/cqs1176346563sth9.jpg) a bird one if anyone’s interested! [/QUOTE] I knew it would be Macaroni Feet Parakeet! I have that one in my photobooth, too. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Silence\_of\_the\_clams](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Silence\_of\_the\_clams](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silence_of_the_clams)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2007, 11:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/with-apologies-to-grammar-what-is-ur-opinion-on-lolcats/408339/59 "2007-06-19T11:08:16Z")
After flipping through this thread, I am now bored with cats. If I see another lol-cat again, I will end up like [this](http://forum.sketchup.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=167762&d=1143066473) . ---
**Author:** ![LifeOnWry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/96bed5/32.png) [@LifeOnWry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LifeOnWry)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2007, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/with-apologies-to-grammar-what-is-ur-opinion-on-lolcats/408339/60 "2007-06-19T13:08:12Z")
Both my daughter and I love them, and are mutually mortified by this. And now we send text messages in lolcat-speak to one another… We’ll both probably get over them pretty soon, but right now they’re cracking us up. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/with-apologies-to-grammar-what-is-ur-opinion-on-lolcats/408339.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/with-apologies-to-grammar-what-is-ur-opinion-on-lolcats/408339.md?page=4)