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Cat Forum / Cat Anecdotes / May 2007Webby Award for CuteOverload!
W00t! My favorite blog won a Webby award! http://www.webbyawards.com/webbys/current.php#webby_entry_weird Of course it's in the "Weird" category, but if a daily diet of cuteness is weird, I don't want to be-- not weird. :P I consider CO in the same essential, sanity-saving category as RPCA. I need my fix every day. BTW, two INSANELY KF-inducing leetle tuxedo bitties are featured today: www.cuteoverload.com Theresa Stinky Pictures: http://community.webshots.com/album/125591586JWEFwh Make Levees, Not War > BTW, two INSANELY KF-inducing leetle tuxedo bitties are featured > today: > www.cuteoverload.com I like the Scottish fold kitten in the teacup! Or, rather: SCOTTEESHFOLDKITTEHOMGPONIES!! :) (What's with "ponies", anyway? LOL) Joyce > > BTW, two INSANELY KF-inducing leetle tuxedo bitties are featured > > today: [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > >Joyce That's just Meg-ese. Part of the fun of CO is Meg's creative use of language. OMG PONIES!!11!! LOL OMG!!1 seems to her like something a squealy young girl might write on the net. And when she puts a pic of a pony (or a horse) on the blog, she and the various commentators always post an OMG PONIES!!1!! In fact, there's even an OMG PONIES bumper sticker. ;) Theresa Stinky Pictures: http://community.webshots.com/album/125591586JWEFwh Make Levees, Not War > That's just Meg-ese. Part of the fun of CO is Meg's creative use of > language. OMG PONIES!!11!! LOL OMG!!1 seems to her like something a > squealy young girl might write on the net. I thought she *was* a squealy young girl. :) (As well as almost everyone who comments, along with the squealy young boys. :)) I can't decide whether I'm amused or annoyed by the "creativity" with language. And I'm curious where some things come from, such as "kitteh" - maybe meant to be a typo? Or is it a pronunciation thing? I like the "1's" in among the string of exclamation points. A bit of a 1337 reference, maybe? Or maybe just the idea of someone so excited and overcome by the cuteness that she can't hold down the shift key? :) > And when she puts a pic of > a pony (or a horse) on the blog, she and the various commentators > always post an OMG PONIES!!1!! > In fact, there's even an OMG PONIES bumper sticker. ;) That's cute! By the way, what's "zOMG"? What does the z stand for? OK, so I'm a square old fart. Somebody has to be excluded from the in crowd, right? Or there wouldn't be an in crowd! Joyce >I like the "1's" in among the string of exclamation points. A bit of a >1337 reference, maybe? Or maybe just the idea of someone so excited >and overcome by the cuteness that she can't hold down the shift key? :) The second reason. 1337 speak (which was called b1ff speak when I started in the online world) tries to change letters with number that look similar. Regards Aleks >>I like the "1's" in among the string of exclamation points. A bit of a >>1337 reference, maybe? Or maybe just the idea of someone so excited [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] >Regards >Aleks D00D! I remember b1ff!!! AWSUM!! ;) Theresa Stinky Pictures: http://community.webshots.com/album/125591586JWEFwh Make Levees, Not War > >I like the "1's" in among the string of exclamation points. A bit of a > >1337 reference, maybe? Or maybe just the idea of someone so excited > >and overcome by the cuteness that she can't hold down the shift key? :) > The second reason. > 1337 speak (which was called b1ff speak when I started in the online > world) tries to change letters with number that look similar. You don't think 1's look like exclamation points? Joyce > > >I like the "1's" in among the string of exclamation points. A bit of a > > >1337 reference, maybe? Or maybe just the idea of someone so excited [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > >Joyce I do think that the shift key theory seems reasonable in this case. But I am also old enough to remember b1ff! ;) Theresa Stinky Pictures: http://community.webshots.com/album/125591586JWEFwh Make Levees, Not War >> You don't think 1's look like exclamation points? > I do think that the shift key theory seems reasonable in this case. > But I am also old enough to remember b1ff! ;) By coincidence, yesterday a friend of mine sent me a link to an article about various kinds of netspeak, and the writer had this to say about 1337speak and exclamation points: High-End Example: p43ar my l337 sk11lz0rz!!!1!!1 Translation: You should be fearful of my powerful computer hacking abilities. Fear = p43ar; elite = l337; skill = sk11lz0rz. Notice also the exclamation points include intentional errors simulating the furious smashing of the 1 key while holding shift to get the ! symbol. Someone really going crazy on the !!!!! often misses a shift press in there somewhere. So it seems that, at least according to this guy, both factors are at work. The article also discusses the "lolcats" phenomenon, which we're all familiar with even if we don't all know that term (I didn't) - it's the pictures of cats with "IM IN UR X Ying UR Z" on them. Read more: http://www.zerosummind.com/2007/05/l337-katz0rz.html Joyce > >> You don't think 1's look like exclamation points? > [quoted text clipped - 26 lines] > >Joyce I <3 lolcats!!! LOL! Theresa Stinky Pictures: http://community.webshots.com/album/125591586JWEFwh Make Levees, Not War On May 5, 2:50 pm, jXwXeXrXmXoX...@sonic.net wrote: > >> You don't think 1's look like exclamation points? > [quoted text clipped - 25 lines] > > Joyce LOL because I didn't know that "lolcats" was a term of its own. Here's a page with about a zillion different lolcats-type photos on them. (The vocabulary in some of the captions isn't fit for polite company, but most of the content is family-friendly. Donna and the two lolcat-models-in-training, Captain and Stanley >On May 5, 2:50 pm, jXwXeXrXmXoX...@sonic.net wrote: >> [quoted text clipped - 34 lines] > >Donna and the two lolcat-models-in-training, Captain and Stanley Isn't the message of lolcats that all cats are lolcats? Potentially, anyway. ;) There would hardly be so many damn lolcat pictures otherwise. ;) I almost always like the "tech support" cat types-- "OH HI I FIXED UR WHATEVER" ones. Other favorites of mine: "I IS A SERIUS CAT THIS IS A SERIUS THRED", Monorail cat, the various Jabba the Hut iterations (usually a fat red tabby), and "I has a flavor (kitten licking his paw." Beyond lolcats, there is also the "LOLrus," the hero of the Bucket Saga. Those are pictures of a sad or indignant-looking walrus with captions that indicate he is searching for a lost or stolen bucket. Now I'm well on my way to wasting another hour. ;) Theresa Stinky Pictures: http://community.webshots.com/album/125591586JWEFwh Make Levees, Not War > W00t! My favorite blog won a Webby award! > http://www.webbyawards.com/webbys/current.php#webby_entry_weird [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > > Make Levees, Not War I'm so glad CuteOverload won, they really deserved it! But I have no idea what about it is weird. Best wishes, Polonca and Soncek >> W00t! My favorite blog won a Webby award! >> http://www.webbyawards.com/webbys/current.php#webby_entry_weird [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] >I'm so glad CuteOverload won, they really deserved it! But I have no >idea what about it is weird. Me neither-- but like I said, if that's weird, I don't want to be *not* weird. :) Theresa Stinky Pictures: http://community.webshots.com/album/125591586JWEFwh Make Levees, Not War Oh I love CuteOverload. I'm glad it won. It's just so satisfying looking at incredibly cute things. I found this link on CuteOverload http://www.birdchick.com/adventures/rabbit/index.html. It's about disapproving rabbits, very OT, but had me chuckling. Dewi > Oh I love CuteOverload. I'm glad it won. It's just so satisfying > looking at incredibly cute things. [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > Dewi That's hilarious! Thanks for the link. Best wishes, Polonca and Soncek |
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