While we're all likely familiar with the LOLcats phenomenon, it's usually applied to 1337-speak, cuteness and random inanities. But in these two different galleries, we witness that random inanity harnessed by the powers of science, for sheer purpose of making fun of it and putting cats into boxes.
There's lots of lame Schroedinger's Cat jokes, but a few actually hit the mark. Two more after the jump.
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anomalous4 says:
I'm going to out myself. I'm the guilty party responsible for the Rise of the Dreaded LOLScience on flickr.
I also plead guilty to being way too amused by LOLstuff, maybe because it's so silly and idiotic.
Whatever. A couple of months ago I tagged four of my flickr posts with "LOLScience," and just for the hell of it I did a search a couple of days later for the tag and my four were the only ones that came up. So I said, "I can fix that," and set up the flickr group.
When New Scientist joined a couple of weeks later, it shocked my socks off! I figured I'd pull in a few scientists, a few scientists-by-training like myself, and a few curious LOLsters from among flickr members, but that was about all. If New Scientist has picked it up and run with it, that's fine by me!
p.s. I'm a 60-Second Science fan! Love the regular SciAm podcast too.
December 22, 2007 8:40 PM
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