My attempt to sort the various LOL links. XKCD take on it above.
History of LOLCats
The Wall Street Journal published an article by Aaron Rutkoff summarizing the LOLcats phenomenon.
David Mcraney article on the memes
Anil Dash article on the language
Faux History of LOL Cats as 1920′s Comic Strip by Apelad – This is my favorite LOL derivative that I subscribe to by RSS. Now available in book form.
on boingboing.tv – more from the comic strip.
as a Ken Burns documentary:
The History of LOLCats – Watch more free videos
Animals
I Can Has Cheezburger, main LOL Cats site that also features an lolcat builder.
It is also the home of:
lolrus
loldogs
lolama
lolbear
lolbird
lolbunny
lolchilla
lolferret, lolferrets, erudite ferrets
lolfox
lolfrog
lolgerbil
lolhamster
lolhog
lolhuman (featuring cats)
lolmouse
lolotter
lolpig
lolrabbit
lolraccoon
lolsloth
lolsquirrel
lolturtle
lolusc
lolwl
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lolraccoons (they speak Latin)
Babies, Robots and Celebrities
Inanimate Objects
Internet Parodies
lolsecrets, a mashup/parody of lolcats and postsecret.
fakecat, lolcats with stuffed animals.
Parody of the Tom Cruise Scientology video:
Movies and Television
the lolcky horror picture show
lolfonz
Books, Authors and Comics
lolyas – Young Adult Book Covers.
Music
Geeks and Code, Science and Technology
lolcode, and the attempt to make lolcode a real programming language
Professions and Subcultures
lolbandes – historical reenactors
Sex and Sexuality
lolpr0n [NSFW - Not Safe For Work]
Thinkers
philolsophers (flickr group ; tumblelog]
News and Politics
History
Religion
loljesus (possibly offensive and not all images are lol macros)
Create Your Own
How to make a good lolcat guidelines
Turning any website into lolcat fun with lolfeeds [example]
or with lolinator
roflbot – another image macro builder
lolcatr – Social networking through lolcats and competing head to head.
Singularity
[via laughing squid, boingboing , waxy, neatorama, and lolbuffy]
