Why do my LOLs never get picked?

By Wreybies · Nov 22, 2009 · ·
  1. Is it that my sense of LOL humor just isn't up to snuff?

    Do I just not get it?

    Is it that there is a closed ranks LOL community and I just don't have the secret password?

    I have created many LOLs which I have thought to be rather witty, but only two of them were ever chosen to go onto the display area of the LOL site which I frequent, and I thought those two were rather weak in comparison to many others I have made.

    What gives?

    Like this one here. It should have had massive LotR appeal, but no. They did not chose to post it.

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    And this one here. I thought it had the right amount of LOLcat corniness and was also a cute play on the Six Million Dollar Man.

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    This one speaks for itself!

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    Instead, this is the one of only two that they ever chose from my LOLs to post and it is the one that has been favorited the most.

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    I don't get it.

Comments

  1. Evil Flamingo
    Well from a viewer perspective,

    First one: I don't know, but I think cats are just kind of dying now. They used to be funny, but then after the lolcatz bible, I never wanted to see them again. This was true with a lot of my friends. Plus, that quote is so overly used now that it has pretty much died, at least with me.

    Second one: I'm sorry, I'm young and I just don't get it. I fear that's probably it's downfall.

    Third one: Well I'm sorry that this is contradictory to your statement, but I laughed at this one rather than the other two. It's like it's paying homage back to old Lolcatz "I haz a cheezberger" and it makes me laugh. Plus everybody knows and likes Alien. So I guess that popular subjects seem to triumph over the smarter ones.

    Sorry that I'm kind of contradictory to your statement, but I'm really just giving my opinion. The site your on apparently agrees with me, but I dun know.

    - Steve
  2. becca
    Actually, I thought the first one was the funniest. But then again, I love LotR! I'm not a HUGE fan of cats though.

    Regardless, I think you have a great sense of humor. Don't worry about weither other people think you are funny. One person's sense of humor can be the complete opposite of the person standing next to them. :)
  3. Cogito
    Personally, I find the whole lolcatz thing inane. It's greeting card humor at best, and I don't find the "cute" misspellings amusing at all. The only appeal in any of it is the occasional clever pop culture reference.

    But the primary audience of that humor category has no appreciation of subtlety. It's sledgehammer to the cranium humor. So don't be discouraged if that audience doesn't "get" your humor.

    Humor is difficult in any case. It's very audience-dependant, and also sensitive to their current mood and mindset.

    I've seen your sense of humor, especially when you aren't really trying.
  4. JeffS65
    I think the first three are obvious and therefor not ironic or obtuse enough to fit in to the internet meme deal. They also seem to not be in the meme-speak.

    I woulda done the Land of the Lost one with a 'I is ur Vista beta tester...U R Pheering Me'

    Still, I agree with Cogito...After a while it's kinda of a dying 4chan deal. I got some of the cat stuff and thought it was amusing but that lasts only the first time or two you see it. However, key to LOL humor is juxtaposition.

    At least for what makes me laugh and really, that's all that matters, isn't it?
  5. JeffS65
    (not sure how the double post happened...)
  6. jonathan hernandez13
    I dont get it, am I the only one who liked them all?

    Uh, yeah just look at it from their perspective, they probably ge a bunch of pics in and on those days were just like "meh, meh, meh"

    nothing personal, different people have different senses of humor I guess:p

    (LOTR one was the best:D)
  7. Pallas
    I am probably not a good gauge for the Cat phenomenon, but I did like that technology one. I think it a reference to an old show correct?
  8. Speedy
    Dang Visya is the only one that made me smile (The Alien one i don't get at all)

    lolcats were funny about 5 years ago at best.

    My email is always full of them. Spamcats, no more.

    Or any LoL
  9. garmar69
    Oops, double post.
  10. garmar69
    I guess I'm one of those lowbrows that enjoy lolcats. Sue me. :D
  11. Kas
    This surprised me a little. I agree with every word of Cogito's comment. And I can't fathom why you'd waste your considerable talents on LOLcats when you're obviously capable of so much more.

    I thought the LotR one was funny, by LOLcat standards, but you forgot to horrificly misspell everything. Maybe that's why it wasn't accepted.
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