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Hello all. Here is the first installment of the “LOLrus” LOLcat paradigm. Let’s see what silliness I have discovered so far…

The caption pretty much says it all. Mind you…it’s never previously occurred to me that a walrus might need a cell phone. I suppose that LOLruses are special.

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I’m thinking that these cats should stop taunting the LOLrus, because…

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…He’s formed a bucket retrieval team! Look out!

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No, seriously. Look out.

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Perhaps taunting the LOLrus is not such a good idea…

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I’m told that a “LOLrus” doesn’t actually need to be a walrus, but may also be any sort of aquatic mammal. Here is an example of this trend, using a cute otter…who is not amused.

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For my Mum, with whom I discussed this concept, I offer this LOLcat.

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A comment on my day yesterday.

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“Fail” is the opposite of “Win.” (Remember them from the slang discussion the other day?) This caption paradigm was do popular that it spawned it’s own site – Failblog. This one has never really appealed to me. I’ve always much preferred “Win” over fail.

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More recently known as “UR doin it wrong,” this caption paradigm also spawned its opposite: variations on “UR doin it right actually.” Some of these are hilarious, and others are just dumb. (Yes. Some win, some fail.) Amusingly enough, I do prefer this paradigm to the one above.

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I’m just including this one to provide a bit of variety. Often LOLcats can be considered rude, crass, distressing, or just plain not funny. This one stands as proof that the opposite is also true. I like it. It’s sweet.

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The caption paradigms from ICHC continue.

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(date: 1/12/2007) Behold! Monorail cat. (Close cousin to hover cat who appears later.) Folks took this idea and ran with it.

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(date:1/17/2007) Here we see the “Invisible X” paradigm. This particular caption trend is one of my favorites. This is the first one listed on the site. (also, check out “Invisible Bike“.)

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This is an example of the incredibly popular “Im in UR (blank) doing (blank)” caption paradigm. This one actually transcends the LOLcat genre and can be found all over the internet. This is not the first example of this sort of caption on the site, but it’s the first one that isn’t rude.

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In LOLcatland, you can “has” something, you can ask “I can has?”, and you can also state that you “Want”/”Do not want” something. In this picture, we can see a cat airing his opinion of Coke Zero. This is another of the caption paradigms that has escaped the confines of LOLcatland and has invaded other forms of internet communication…and actual speech.

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(A quick note: There are several other LOLcat sites out there, not to mention the ones that float around the internets via email, etc. I’m concentrating on Icanhascheezburger.com for my “research” because it seems to be the most popular one…and it’s the one I enjoy the most. Also, I will not be enumerating every single paradigm and trend…just a whole bunch of them.)

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LOLcats often depict cats in some sort of comedic peril, asking for “Halp.” In this case, the first on the site, we see a cat…being eaten by a chair. (Date: 1/11/2007)

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(date: 1/13/2007) LOLcats believe that the best day of the week is “Caturday.” It is their day to relax and party their way, one imagines. In this first Caturday post, it seems that Caturday is a good reason to stop hiding in a bag.

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(date: 1/14/2007) I am the LOLrus… Yes, there is an infamous LOLrus in LOLcatland. He had a bucket that he loved dearly, but someone took it away, and the hunt began. (I am treating this particular caption paradigm as distinct from the I has a/I can has? captions as mentioned below, as it concerns itself specifically with that darn bucket.)

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(date: 1/11/2007) One of the easiest, and most popular, of the caption paradigms on ICHC is the “I has a…” caption. This is closely related to the caption used in the first posting, the question “I can has cheezburger?” Indeed, much has been made of various cats wanting and, in a few cases, actually getting the desired cheeseburger (or other item as stated. See bucket above.) on the site. As you can see here, this rodent actually has a Karot. I will be treating these similar types of captions as branches of the same paradigm in future analysis.

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In a fit of insanity, I thought that it might be fun to go through all 530 pages of LOLcats over at Icanhascheezburger.com. Really, it’s kind of an anthropological exploration of a cultural subgroup if you think about it. As I go through the site, I’ll be posting the humorous bits of comedic kitties (etc.) that I discover. I will also be paying particular attention to the trend of translating biblical stories into LOLspeak/the LOLcat culture. It’s fascinating what they’ve done with the creation story and more over on ICHC. I may even forget myself and go so far as to analyze LOLspeak itself. You have been warned.

I think, at this point, that you all now know a bit too much about the way I think. Let’s start with the LOLcats, shall we?

Beginning where I must at the beginning…This is the very first LOLcat listed on the site (date: Jan. 11, 2007):

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This rebuttal appeared on 12 January 2007:

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…And this is the first appearance of the “I Has a Flavor” paradigm (at least according to the date stamp):

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This LOLCat I made myself. *grin*

This weekend I encountered a song that had been made into Muzak that startled me even more than the time I heard Jethro Tull muzak at the airport. There we were, eating at Hobee’s, minding our own business, when what did we hear?

A muzak version of Amy Winehouse’s Rehab. Rehab! …but in a sort of jazzy muzak version.

It was just wrong, and could be one of the signs of the apocalypse. Especially if you add in the fact that I spent time cleaning my bedroom this weekend. That is a “Hell freezing over” kind of event right there.

So…call a loved one. Just in case.

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I’m just popping on for a minute to say hi and give you my happiness for 13 March 2009. I tried to go to bed early, you see, but generally that means that I sleep for three hours and wake up again. So, I’m drinking some chamomile tea and listening to a Muse CD I borrowed from a friend. I think I’ll call her TwilightFan. *waves* She lent me four CDs today. MusicSquee! Three Muse, one Flogging Molly.

You all know how I feel about music by now, yeah?

Well, I’m going back to try and sleep some more. Sleep totally gets in the way, doesn’t it?