One: when the hell did the lolcat meme become something people can use for pictures of things other than cats? Furthermore, when did proper grammar become acceptable in the captions? For instance:
That's not a cat, that's a fucking barbeque. Nor is it the least bit funny. I did not lol. I did not even crack a smile. The appeal of the lolcat lies in 1) cats doing weird things, and 2) the photos being accompanied by equally ridiculous language. And yet 3146 people on I Can Has Cheezburger? think this is worthy of 4 and a half stars. This is simply madness.
Even worse than this recent spate of non-cat lolcats on the website are the people that comment on the photos. Skimmie writes- "Tank u cweenmj!! I is in shawk at my fursst nawt secunds…only just woke upz, went frum bed 2 pooter and chekked da burgurs. I reelly needs caawfee right now, but can we sellbarate with white russians?!!!" Jesus Christ. I can't even read that. I can't vocalize what's so wrong about it, but it reminds me of the first time my grandma used "lol" in an email. It was just out of place. There is a fine line between a humorous misspelling and a completely overwrought, failed attempt at humor, this horrendous little paragraph belongs in the latter category.
This, however, is exactly how a lolcat should work:
This has all the ingredients of comic greatness: a pun on pop culture, a cat with a really cracked out expression on its face, and a perfect mix of internet vernacular: not too much, not too little. No more barbeques, no more chairs, and (as much as I enjoyed American Psycho), no credit card machines, kthnx.
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