By now, you may have seen the, uh, interesting Geometry Wars Galaxies ads that feature ... well, we don't really want to call them lolcats, because they don't really make us laugh. And isn't that the point? Anyone can take a picture of a cat and slap a caption on it. That isn't the source of the funny. The cats need to be doing something -- see exhibits A and B -- to bring the funny.
At least, that's our opinion. You can see our take on bland, humorless lolcats above (with special thanks to Y.T. for mostly cooperating). But hey, maybe you like what they're doing. Let's hear what you have to say!
At least, that's our opinion. You can see our take on bland, humorless lolcats above (with special thanks to Y.T. for mostly cooperating). But hey, maybe you like what they're doing. Let's hear what you have to say!
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9-30-2007 @ 11:14AM
sn1per420 said...
I don't really have a strong opinion about the ads, but what happened to our September surprise?
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9-30-2007 @ 11:16AM
Trogdor said...
That's pretty weak.
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9-30-2007 @ 11:25AM
Croove55 said...
Not true. The cats can be funny even if they're acting completely normal. Example(warning:profanity):
http://www.acc.umu.se/~zqad/cats/index.html?view=1185211633-1175883326744.png
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9-30-2007 @ 11:58AM
HTML_Earth said...
http://ilovemeow.com/
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9-30-2007 @ 12:47PM
paul said...
unfortunately these might be made in haste for bloggy sake.
but these are gold, not that i like looking at cats on the internet... oh god...
http://icanhascheezburger.com/
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9-30-2007 @ 1:33PM
Alisha Karabinus said...
Croove55-- but what if the cat hadn't had that expression? Then it wouldn't be funny.
Take the GWG pic with the cat tangled up in the Wii remote cord. If the caption had been something about the game being frustrating and the tangling being like the feline equivalent of knocking over a magazine rack, it would be (to me) a billion times funnier. The caption and the pic really need to go together, otherwise, it's just not as funny.
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9-30-2007 @ 2:31PM
Croove55 said...
Point taken and well made, but the caption on the lolcat I posted is pretty damn universal. Scroll down the Icanhascheeseburger front page and replace whatever caption is on each picture with "What did you just say to me you piece of s***?". I guarantee that over 50% of the pictures are still funny.
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9-30-2007 @ 2:48PM
Chii said...
I actually laughed at that one at the top. It was unexpected...
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9-30-2007 @ 11:48PM
Chyld989 said...
I'd just like to go on record as saying none of them are funny. Not the ones where the cat is doing something, and not the ones where the cat isn't doing anything. They're all inane, and I REALLY wish they'd just go away.
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10-01-2007 @ 12:59AM
JC Fletcher said...
IM IN UR COMMENTS THREAD
WETTIN UR BLANKIT
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10-01-2007 @ 1:57AM
Ralph said...
Is there anyway that Weblogs Inc. sites would stop using 4chan memes? (Of course not exactly referring to this blog post).
Rules #1 & #2, yeah, I broke 'em.
Also, cocks.
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10-01-2007 @ 1:28PM
bombtrak said...
More/better ones here:
http://www.1up.com/do/club?Dispatch=Display&clubid=111441
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10-01-2007 @ 10:09PM
Pikachelsea said...
Good idea, terrible execution.
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