Origin of LOL Cats
LOLCats seem to be the internet image meme of the year. We’ve been just as guilty of spreading them as anyone else. But where did they come from? Flickr user Ape Lad thinks he knows… Any way of confirming this?
LOLCats seem to be the internet image meme of the year. We’ve been just as guilty of spreading them as anyone else. But where did they come from? Flickr user Ape Lad thinks he knows… Any way of confirming this?
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August 20th, 2007 at 4:10 am
I bet that there are people out there who will fall for that hook, line, and sinker.
August 20th, 2007 at 7:17 am
I’d like to clarify my former statement: If you are serious when you ask “Any way of confirming this?” (which I doubt, but what the heck) I’ll go ahead and debunk this out of hand.
First: The strip includes 3 LOLcats clichés in four panels. If this were anything other than a retroactive attempt to create legitimacy, we might see three strips with one cliché each.
Second: The history of the so-called artists includes rather improbable details. It states that the artist worked as a “part-time walrus hunter” which is probably a reference to I has a Bucket.
And Finally: The poster’s blog has a fascination for material from the 30’s and 40’s and includes a number of the Laugh-Out-Loud Cats strips, many of which contain anachronisms. Examples follow.
One - The resurgence of H.P. Lovecraft’s fiction is a fairly new phenomena, and would have been a lost reference to most.
Two While the word ‘posse’ certainly exited, it was not used in this kind of colloquial manner until recently.
Three This cliché is fairly recent, and derives from the original “I’m in yr base, killin yr doodz” a video game reference.
Four A computer reference.
Five An internet forum or bulletin board reference.
I think I’ve debunked this enough.
August 20th, 2007 at 3:18 pm
The truth is out there.