Cat Macros

[tzikeh]

It is -17 here. I'm in two layers of socks, two pair of pj pants, a turtleneck and a pullover hoodie sweatshirt, and I'm still freezing.

Time for cocoa with Kahlua.

But the reason I've gathered you all here today is that, while I'm pathetically addicted to cat macros and have been for some time, I don't remember if I've shared any here. If I have, forgive my old-lady memory, but before I sign off to study all day, I thought I'd post my two most recent faves (thank you elynross for finding the one I couldn't remember the location of!). They're not my *absolute* faves, but these are the ones that have gotten me giggling in most recent memory.

BTW - if you're wondering (as theshoshanna was) why they're called cat macros, you can find the answer (and moar!) here. They're also called lolcats. I think lolcats is a cute name as well, but since I learned "cat macros" first, I don't know if lolcats is going to take over as my referrer. Then again, as so often happens on the intarwebs, first we see a term and say "Oh Lord is that dumb", then we think "Eh, it's okay", then "hee... hee!" Then it's OMG lolcats YAYZ LOLCATS! So, who knows.




The cat's head being just out of frame makes this one doubly hilarious:





And this one looks like the cat is being dragged into the wardrobe by Tumnus, or something:




If you haven't seen these before and want to see MOAR, here are two archives to get your started:

http://nodwick.humor.gamespy.com/cats/cats.htm

http://www.icanhascheezburger.com/

I find that archives are better than the lj community, because for every one funny macro in the community you have to wade through about fifty really stupid ones. If you go traipsing through these archives, you should know some of the phrases that took on lives of their own in the early days of cat macros, so that some of the tweaked versions are more humorous:

"Oh, I see what you did there"
"Oh hi, I upgraded your RAM"
"Do not want!" (comes from a bad English=Chinese=English translation from Revenge of the Sith...)
"Jesus Christ it's a lion! Get in the car!" (which started elsewhere as a separate entity and subsequently became part of the cat macro world)
"We are not amused"
"The internet is serious business"
"This is a serious thread"
"It's a trap!" (yes, the classic Admiral Ackbar line from Jedi)
"I'm in ur base killin ur doods" (again, its own thing which became part of the cat macro world)
And, of course, the classic work-environment inspirational poster.

There's a rather exhaustive collection here: http://www.acc.umu.se/~zqad/cats/index.html - but I post this with the caveat that a few of them are offensive and/or disturbing.

Oh, oh okay, I know I said two, but I have to share one MOAR:

Comments

[kassrachel.livejournal.com]

Oh, these are just awesome.

And ack. -17 is wicked cold. I wish I could teleport you here to our house; it is a balmy 15 here (but no wind, so seriously, it feels balmy) and our living room is full of sun, and soon we will light a fire. :-)

[tzikeh.livejournal.com]

We seriously need to invent transporters. Wouldn't it be great if I could come over for dinner?

[slb44.livejournal.com]

LMAO!

That last one is particularly appropriate today. I can see both of mine assuming a similar stance if I offered to let them outside. It's 6F outside and the windchill is minus 9F.

[tzikeh.livejournal.com]

:) I always think of Jennifer Hudson singing those words as they're written on the cat macro and crack myself up.

[slb44.livejournal.com]

Bwahahahahaha!

I'm going to have that image stuck in my head for the rest of the day now. *g*

[silveraspen]

Thank you so much for sharing these! I don't know what it is about them, but whenever I see various cat macros I just cannot stop laughing.

[tzikeh.livejournal.com]

Yeah - there's some alchemy there; the badly-spelled words, the cats' expressions, and the perfect captions combine to form something that causes uncontrollable laughter.

[bkwyrm.livejournal.com]

I just spent entirely too much time giggling over those.
It is SO COLD OUTSIDE. I just felt I needed to say that. I have been hiding in bed with a stack of scifi books and a heating pad and all three cats.

[tzikeh.livejournal.com]

It is really, really, really cold.

I may hide in bed with all of my textbooks. Not as much fun as sci-fi, but hey, in my bed, so - that's good.

[par-avion.livejournal.com]

It is not that cold, here, so I shall not complain. (Someone on my flist is from Manitoba, and ye gods is it cold there.)

The Lois Lane one cracked me up.

[tzikeh.livejournal.com]

I do love the Lois Lane one. :)

And yes, it's cold many, many, many places today.

[sdwolfpup.livejournal.com]

OMG, I LOVE cat macros. I hadn't seen those two you posted, either, I'll have to check out those links. *dying* I have "Jesus Christ it's a lion! Get in the car!" as my wallpaper on my home PC right now. *g*

[tzikeh.livejournal.com]

:D

My #1 and #2 are still the inspirational-poster styled

LET ME SHOW YOU MY POKEMANS!
My Pokemans. Let me show you them.

And the two cats with the Fear and Loathing expressions in the car

WE CANT STOP HERE
THIS IS BAT COUNTRY.

I eagerly await something even funnier to come along.

[semielliptical]

Thanks for the links! I laughed so loud I scared my own cat.

[tzikeh.livejournal.com]

:) I can laugh for hours at these things.

[darthhellokitty.livejournal.com]

God, I *love* cat macros. I could look at them for HOURS. Actually, that's sort of what I've been doing this morning, and whose fault is THAT?

[tzikeh.livejournal.com]

Sorry 'bout that, Chief.

(actually no, I'm not. *g*)

[dargie.livejournal.com]

Ow, oh god I hurt myself laughing.

[tzikeh.livejournal.com]

I *know*! It's amazing, isn't it? I have, on occasion, laughed to the point where I'm crying and my sides feel like they've been bruised. It's magical. And painful.

[the-shoshanna.livejournal.com]

These are wonderful, but -- why are they called "macros"? To me, a macro is a teeny bit of program code to automate a repetitive action, not a captioned photo. [/geek]

one mo' time

[tzikeh.livejournal.com]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image_macro

:)

Such as:

[laurashapiro.livejournal.com]

The Saving Lois Lane one made my hed asplode. Thank you. (:

[tzikeh.livejournal.com]

Can you put your head back together? We need it for vids 'n' stuff.

[laurashapiro.livejournal.com]

You're very kind to say so. (: I did actually get a ton of vidding done yesterday, so I suspect the splody head was a temporary thing.

[tazlet.livejournal.com]

K-k-kin I b-b-orra yer ic-c-c-on? I'm f-f-f-freezing.

[thecomfychair.livejournal.com]

Oh, I do love cat macros. My favorites are the Invisible [insert object]s. That last one always makes me laugh, as it combines two of my geeky loves in one! Musicals and cat macros, could I ask for more?

(and I sympathize with the coldness. The Weather Channel just cheerfully informed me it was -16 windchill here. *stabs Mother Nature*)

[supertrink.livejournal.com]

< drive-by commenting >
i just wanted to let you know that this entry is in the top 10 sites returned by google when searching "cat macro".
and also i shall be perusing the links you posted, so thanks!
< /drive-by commenting >

[tzikeh.livejournal.com]

...

top 10 on google.

...

I...

well, okay then!

And you're welcome!

[castalianspring.livejournal.com]

Those are awesome. I think my current favorite cat macro is this one. It's the facial expressions that kill me.

[(Anonymous)]

That first link doesn't work in a way that is guaranteed to damage your sanity.

*gag*

[tzikeh.livejournal.com]

oh dear. Looks like someone was hotlinking and got what they deserved. I'll take it down.

[jenoofer.livejournal.com]

I realise that this is a very very old post, but I found it via an (equally) old post on icanhascheezburger, and thought I'd comment - I made the Lois Lane macro ages ago for the lolcats comm on Livejournal and had all but forgotten about it, so now I have nostalgic lols from finding out that it actually made it on icanhascheezburger and made other people lol too.

Yeah, I'll stop rambling now.