LOLCat......TRAP!

If perchance, you glance at a neighbors computer screen and see a cat dressed or posed in an unusual manner, RUN AWAY! If you don't give credence to my warning you will see misspelled words strung together by shamefully- bad grammar, captioning the odd-cat picture. If you see those words, DON'T READ THEM, RUN AWAY! If you look bad at the screen for a third time your neighbor will surely take notice of your interest in the cat pictures and explain the dangerous concept of LOLCats.

I first became aware of LOLCats through work. I fell into the above trap and was introduced to a whole website full of pictures of cats doing weird things and then captioned as if the cat itself was explaining the picture. The first LOLCat I ever saw was the infamous Burgeoise Cat. The cat was somewhat amusing so I investigated further and found that there is an entire community of people who seem to live for the thrill of seeing weird cat after weird cat.

Lolcaters can comment on the thousands of postings of pictures but don't be alarmed if you can't understand the comments, because the even the comments are written in the narrowly-celebrated lolcat language. They even have the bible translated into this heathen language.

So you may ask, how does this affect my personal life? What is the lesson to be learned? Well I'll tell you. People who start LOLCating eventually find themselves sucked into a world of pretend humor (and also a pretend language). Sure, one or two of the LOLCat pictures are funny, but the vast majority are funny only to loyal LOLCat followers. If you laugh at LOLCat picture that noone else laughs at, you know you have been sucked in. If you say something to your friend like "I can has cheezburger", you know its gone to far. You are officialy ensnared in the LOLCat trap. Now dear reader, if you find yourself in the LOLCat trap, don't be ashamed. You can find solace in knowing that there are thousands of people just like you, they just haven't become self-aware yet. I haven't met anyone who has overcome the LOLCat trap but I'm sure that it can be done with the help of trustworthy friends and perhaps ecclesiastical leaders. If you value your ability to spot good humor, the best advice I have is to simply never get close to the LOLCat trap.