LOLcats, cat photos captioned in lolspeak with Impact font, had been mainstream since 2007 and were still the most recognisable internet joke in 2010. Ceiling Cat, Basement Cat, Happy Cat and Monorail Cat had their own lore, and the format taught the world what a meme was.
- Type
- meme
- Origin
- 4chan Caturday threads, 2005-2006; icanhascheezburger.com, 2007
- Peak
- 2007-2011
- Example
- "I can has cheezburger?"
Related
- WebsiteSupported
I Can Has Cheezburger and the Cheezburger Network
LOLcats as a media company
I Can Has Cheezburger turned LOLcats into a business, and by 2010 the Cheezburger Network ran dozens of sites, including FAIL Blog and Memebase, publishing user-submitted image macros to millions of...
- CultureSupported
Advice Animals
Philosoraptor, Socially Awkward Penguin, Courage Wolf and friends
Advice Animals were image macros with an animal's head on a colour-wheel background and a two-line joke in Impact font. Advice Dog started it in 2006; by 2010 Philosoraptor, Socially Awkward Penguin,...
