Comments on: TOM THE DANCING BUG: The Evolutionary Leap from Domestic Cats to Lolcats http://boingboing.net/2012/11/28/tom-the-dancing-bug-the-evol.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Sat, 18 May 2013 19:38:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Leshka http://boingboing.net/2012/11/28/tom-the-dancing-bug-the-evol.html#comment-1595203 Leshka Fri, 30 Nov 2012 03:02:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=196358#comment-1595203  But you see, that is an entirely new subject. You want the lecture of Lolrus 101 (or to be more precise, lol).  But you see, that is an entirely new subject. You want the lecture of Lolrus 101 (or to be more precise, lol).

]]> By: rastronomicals http://boingboing.net/2012/11/28/tom-the-dancing-bug-the-evol.html#comment-1594509 rastronomicals Thu, 29 Nov 2012 14:40:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=196358#comment-1594509 I thought his comics about Justice Scalia were a riot, but this . . . this is genius. I thought his comics about Justice Scalia were a riot, but this . . . this is genius.

]]> By: Angryjim http://boingboing.net/2012/11/28/tom-the-dancing-bug-the-evol.html#comment-1594264 Angryjim Thu, 29 Nov 2012 03:42:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=196358#comment-1594264 I just noticed. Krazy Kat, with his simple needs and misspelled dialect, shows some resemblance to the modern LOL-Cat. http://webcomicoverlook.files.wordpress.com/2011/07/kk1.png I just noticed. Krazy Kat, with his simple needs and misspelled dialect, shows some resemblance to the modern LOL-Cat. http://webcomicoverlook.files.wordpress.com/2011/07/kk1.png

]]> By: ldobe http://boingboing.net/2012/11/28/tom-the-dancing-bug-the-evol.html#comment-1594044 ldobe Wed, 28 Nov 2012 22:03:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=196358#comment-1594044 Link follows http://www.retronaut.com/2012/04/lol-cats-1870s/ Link follows

http://www.retronaut.com/2012/04/lol-cats-1870s/

]]> By: ldobe http://boingboing.net/2012/11/28/tom-the-dancing-bug-the-evol.html#comment-1594041 ldobe Wed, 28 Nov 2012 22:01:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=196358#comment-1594041 On a slightly more serious note, what about all the cat memes from ancient Egypt? Or for that matter the cat memes of the 1800s? There are photos of very unhappy cats dressed in Victorian garb taken in the late 1800s,and they seem to have been quite popular at the time. On a slightly more serious note, what about all the cat memes from ancient Egypt? Or for that matter the cat memes of the 1800s? There are photos of very unhappy cats dressed in Victorian garb taken in the late 1800s,and they seem to have been quite popular at the time.

]]> By: Andrew Lias http://boingboing.net/2012/11/28/tom-the-dancing-bug-the-evol.html#comment-1593771 Andrew Lias Wed, 28 Nov 2012 18:03:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=196358#comment-1593771 I'm disappointed that it didn't also discuss the selective pressures that led to the Lolrus (i.e., theft of buckets). I’m disappointed that it didn’t also discuss the selective pressures that led to the Lolrus (i.e., theft of buckets).

]]> By: RedMonkey http://boingboing.net/2012/11/28/tom-the-dancing-bug-the-evol.html#comment-1593741 RedMonkey Wed, 28 Nov 2012 17:42:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=196358#comment-1593741 So do this mean that Tardar Sauce is the newest species in the memetic evolution of cats? - cause that cat looks pretty different. http://www.tumblr.com/tagged/tarder-sauce So do this mean that Tardar Sauce is the newest species in the memetic evolution of cats? – cause that cat looks pretty different. http://www.tumblr.com/tagged/tarder-sauce

]]> By: Michael Wiik http://boingboing.net/2012/11/28/tom-the-dancing-bug-the-evol.html#comment-1593712 Michael Wiik Wed, 28 Nov 2012 17:22:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=196358#comment-1593712 Ceiling cat peed on our ancestors, hence the Toxoplasma Gondi infections. Ceiling cat peed on our ancestors, hence the Toxoplasma Gondi infections.

]]> By: Boundegar http://boingboing.net/2012/11/28/tom-the-dancing-bug-the-evol.html#comment-1593656 Boundegar Wed, 28 Nov 2012 16:48:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=196358#comment-1593656 Only Bolling could pull this off! Only Bolling could pull this off!

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