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I Can Has History? The History of LOLcats

funny pictures of cats with captions

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  1. AngelPlume says:

    Wowz, datz a lotta histureh.

  2. Kimbelry says:

    Well, we have been educated. Toss Hats into the air now.

  3. poussinboi says:

    Thanks ICHC !! Keep up the good work and please ignore the detractors!!

    • A Noun says:

      Yeah, keep up that good, highly derivative work. Fact: ICHC is not responsible for what you know as “lolspeak.” That language was developed in 1994 on the usenet group rec.pets.dogs.misc as “wooferspeak” or “woofchat.” How do I know? I was there. 4Chan is not responsible for “Caturday” — the RPDM group is. Want proof? Check the archives. It’s all there.

      • Kate says:

        You’d think someone who’s been around that long would know the difference between entertainment and fact by now…

        For the record, you and your friends didn’t invent bad grammar — that’s been around as long as grammar has.

  4. maxon says:

    Very interesting but just a note: you are not responsible for the word ‘meme’ – that was first coined and used (in the field of biology) in the 1970s, so yeah.

  5. AYGIT says:

    ..but haz sum deficentz…

  6. maralisil says:

    Iz diffykult to splane humors to sumbodys who dont unnerstan, but luff growz on yoo! Muss like kittehs an haz senz of humorz! ;)

  7. saaski says:

    Ai can tayk dis hiztory class in collidg?

  8. cfjgk says:

    Needs moar harbls.

  9. hotclaws says:

    wot,no serius cat? i has a sad

  10. I have been educated in the ways of Cheezburger! Rejoice! Well, actually, I’ve been here two or three years(I KNOW! It hasn’t seemed that long!) and have seen, made, and favorited many, many LOLs. Speaking of LOL-making, I can feel the caption ideas circling by brain, so I shall go forth and caption pictures!

  11. Banana-Slug says:

    ooh, guddee, ai has a smart!!

  12. kebernet says:

    I think this specifically overlooks the early-origins of the “Anteater Pride” movement: During the MST3K version of the Made-For-PBS movie “Overdrawn at the Memory Bank” the hosts express ongoing outrage at the insults hurled at the species by the characters in the film that suggest that anteaters are the worst of all animals.

  13. reyl says:

    we luffs ur grrrafix.

  14. faythkitteh says:

    wow… i thinkz iz smarterz

  15. Vimania says:

    U fergit Louis Wain !!! (Victorian postcards similar to above Arthur Thiele, before ‘breakdown’)

  16. maralisil says:

    i still tink basement cat unfair to black catz (who are lovie an fun to be with!)

  17. dgtz says:

    I haz been teached!

  18. Nelly Bly says:

    Raise your hand if you’ve ever owned the poster of the kitteh in teh big giant brandy snifter!

  19. kittysquared says:

    I can has better pictiture, I’m missing right hand side :(

  20. cutey says:

    good job, don’t listen to the party poopers, it’s just a fun history you made and they can’t just have fun with it…if you’re that serious about every thing..dude, you shouldn’t be on this site…you know who you are…( smadge1, der;asdn, maxon, A Noun)

  21. Amanda says:

    you should offer this as a poster in the store!!

  22. meowcat2 says:

    it mentions 4chan, you have to look closer. 4chan was the one who started caturday as a way to get users to take a break from flaming and trolling one another on saturdays.

  23. Yuck says:

    Let us also not forget that those 1900-era photos were of dead cats/kittens, so that they would be still enough for the photograph.
    And today, let us also not forget that some owners put their animals in perilous and cruel situations for the opportunity of internet attention.
    Barf.

  24. Jodie says:

    A company named Ethicon, in the 50s and 60s, published booklets of pictures of cats with funny captions, mostly relating to the medical field. Ethicon made sutures, called “cat gut” which were not really made of cats guts…but probably explains their cat pictures.

    • anom says:

      yes! the ethicon cat-a-log! i have 1 of those! someone was giving away books on the street, & that was 1 of ‘em, so i snatched it right up! i even posted about it here, but i can’t find the post now.

  25. OnleeKitteh says:

    It behooves each of us to have an opinion, but Trolls are not welcome here.

  26. anonymous says:

    I applaud you on how you have finally given credit to 4chan’s /b/ for its significant influence on the origin of lolcats and lolspeak. However, you have failed to recognize the importance of LongCat and CoverCat.

  27. Olga says:

    Happy Cat is from Russian cattery in Moscow! Look URL http://www.alvas.ru/tum-albion.htm His name is Michelle Misty Albion. He was born in 15/07/2001

  28. Fliqpy Pwnz U says:

    !!\W/ (O) \W/!!

  29. mamacat_4 says:

    wee haz ben teacht an momma haz ben teecht. naow wee noz teh hysetori.

  30. dancerjack says:

    i can has magnifying glass? (some of that was very tiny!) :)

  31. valharms says:

    Dr. Tinycat iz hassa komplecks …him nawt inkludid, as uzual. *wy noebudy lyks meh?*

  32. Anon says:

    What the heck is /B/ anyway?

  33. Joey-Peg says:

    Der iz lotz uv kittehs dat din gitz menshund – Itty bitty kitteh committee plus udderz hear. Iz hokay. Iz onlee hiztoree lessun, naught hiztoree alltwogethur

  34. TheFurryHerd says:

    Wee bee famus! Sweet! :-)

  35. Normalsoakianti says:

    I hab ben ejucaded in teh lolcat wayhs


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