LoLcats


Ok lets start off by breaking this down.  LoLcats has two parts, LoL, and cats.  If you don't know what lol means, you probably shouldn't be on the internet.  And if you don't know what a cat is, you should probably go outside.  Assuming you do know that lol is an acronym for, laugh out loud, and that a cat is a small, usually domesticated animal, that poops in a box, has a long tail, and I am horribly allergic to.  We shall analyze the awesomeness of the lolcat.

First off we'll let Jenna Marbles, a youtube sensation with a very popular channel, explain a bit of internet wisdom with a gif from one of her vodcasts.

She's not wrong, simple lolcat pictures have made me laugh harder than a normal human being should at a few pixels and a caption.  People have been doing this for more than a hundred years, one such man was Harry Pointer.  He used an early camera to take pictures of cats in different settings and added captions to give it that lolcat flavor, although I don't think the term lol existed at the time...  Here is an example of one of his pictures.

Cute isn't it?  Modern lolcats have evolved to where more often than not, the caption is the cat talking.  And you can almost hear their little voice in your head talking to you.  Iconic with bad grammar and spelling.  Sayings such as, "I can haz cheezburger?", or "I made you a cookie but i eated it", are well known to have a cat attached to them.












The cats present an interesting phenomenon.  The more of them you see the funnier they are.  To the point where you have to start laughing to yourself because anyone else seeing this will think you're insane...  However it is common knowledge that I am crazy, so I'll just share a few of my favorite lolcats with you.

Just look at these cats!  Aren't they hilarious?!  If you don't think so you should just save yourself the pain and stop reading now.  Hopefully though, you understand why lolcats are such an important part of the internet's culture and language.  Thanks for reading, go laugh at some cats!