Greatest Internet Phenomenons of 2007: Lolcats
Since it’s pretty much Thanksgiving (I have a giant dead bird in my sink, can you think of any other reasons?), perhaps this would be a good time to begin my first annual Greatest Internet Phenomenons of the Year series. I use the word “greatest” with a fair amount of leeway so please refrain from sending me BlogPulse graphs or BuzzMetrics reports to prove me wrong on any of these.
Without any further ado, my first award of distinction goes to “lolcats.” Yes, lolcats. While some argue that the O RLY? owl came first, few can argue that random pictures of cats with inline captions written in Engrish isn’t funny. Not only are they funny but they’ve become a whole new way to communicate, albeit only with geeks. Want to get back at that guy on Brooklyn Vegan who always posts “what time does Daft Punk go on?” regardless of whether or not they’re featured in the post? A well placed lolcat might just do the trick. Annoyed at the co-worker that responds to every company-wide email with some smarmy half-witicism? Lolcat.
Don’t be the last on your block to communicate with a lolcat. The Web 2.0 gods have been good to you and created LolCat Buildr, which is obviously still in beta while they make the rounds at the Bay Area VCs.
