Friday, July 25, 2008

On LOL Cats

Two major cultural shifts contribute to the internet trend known as LOL Cats: First, the emergence (circa 1400 BC) of crazy cat people; And more recently, the mass distribution of low cost technology and the internet.

I submit:

“Most people today are confident in their ability to recognize LOL Cats and to avoid being taken in by them. So the phenomenon has not aroused much deliberate concern or attracted much sustained inquiry.

In consequence we have no clear understanding of what LOL Cats are, why there are so many of them or what function they serve.”

Yes, but what does this mean for stoic mice?