Comments on: Desperate Lives. I'm caught in the middle. Desperate Lives. Uh huhh!

Desperate Lives. I'm caught in the middle. Desperate Lives. Uh huhh!

Mayor Curley — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 07:24:15 -0800

Play Helen Hunt off, Keyboard Cat! So he does. And then he jams. It's a single link to YouTube, and you may skip it if you want. But you're missing out if you do, because as I type this I think this opus is the pinnacle of human achievement.

By: burnmp3s

burnmp3s — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 07:26:19 -0800

Keyboard Cat previously

By: TypographicalError

TypographicalError — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 07:27:10 -0800

If you have to start apologizing for your post inside of your post, then it's probably not a good idea. And in any case, you should avoid the preemptive apology. /The More You Know

By: brain_drain

brain_drain — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 07:28:56 -0800

I don't see any apology.

By: Decimask

Decimask — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 07:29:23 -0800

Someone needs less acid in their life.

By: twine42

twine42 — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 07:29:37 -0800

What the hell have I just watched? I'm assuming this is something I'd need to (have|be) a (.*) to understand. I just don't know what the hell \2 is...

By: Flood

Flood — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 07:29:50 -0800

At first, I was like - what the F is this crap - then i saw the cat jamming with Hall and Oates - and i realized its brillance

By: Decimask

Decimask — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 07:30:51 -0800

Also, what trainwreck of a (drug propanghanda?) movie was that Helen Hunt mess. We are intrigued.

By: minifigs

minifigs — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 07:30:59 -0800

Back off haters, this is the internet's greatest achievement.

By: blucevalo

blucevalo — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 07:31:47 -0800

I don't see any apology either. Nor a need for one.

By: Nelson

Nelson — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 07:35:21 -0800

I think this opus is the pinnacle of human achievement By which you mean it's kinda funny and you'll forget about it in a week? I liked it too.

By: Abiezer

Abiezer — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 07:35:28 -0800

Needs more Zizek.

By: the other side

the other side — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 07:35:52 -0800

Wheeeeeeeeee!

By: R. Mutt

R. Mutt — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 07:36:01 -0800

I guess their trip to the mountains on saturday is off.

By: JBennett

JBennett — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 07:36:40 -0800

That was the great "Desperate Lives". I watched it in my 7th grade health class and I never did drugs.

By: Mayor Curley

Mayor Curley — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 07:37:09 -0800

Also, what trainwreck of a (drug propanghanda?) movie was that Helen Hunt mess. We are intrigued. It's called "Desperate Lives," and it was a TV movie. That PCP that she snorted was casually whipped up by that dude in the high school chemistry lab. Fun Fact: I took a one-semester sociology class in high school that was taught by the basketball coach. He had us watch that movie in class as though it were educational and even tangentally related to sociology while he doodled in a play book.

By: Pope Guilty

Pope Guilty — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 07:40:33 -0800

Mayor Curley regrets nothing!

By: jquinby

jquinby — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 07:40:41 -0800

By: billysumday

billysumday — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 07:44:13 -0800

This is probably the closest visual representation of one of my dreams I've ever seen.

By: DU

DU — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 07:45:20 -0800

s/apology/preemptive defense/ And I've already seen both of these things separately. Are they more awesome together?

By: cjorgensen

cjorgensen — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 07:46:19 -0800

Can't wait for the deleted tag-line.

By: chillmost

chillmost — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 07:51:29 -0800

That cat needs a mustache.

By: mullacc

mullacc — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 07:51:59 -0800

But you're missing out if you do, because as I type this I think this opus is the pinnacle of human achievement. The pinnacle of human achievement, I grant you. But merely a glimpse into the wonders of forthcoming feline achievement.

By: kid ichorous

kid ichorous — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 07:52:25 -0800

Knives vs Cops vs Keyboard Cat

By: brain_drain

brain_drain — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 07:52:32 -0800

I view this as an important step toward the Great Convergence of 2011, when every Internet meme in existence will be fused together in a single YouTube video of such brilliance, such hilarity, such cohesiveness, revealing such fundamental truths, that all humanity will sit rapt before their screens, unable to move or indulge any other activity, until we lie on the verge of extinction, heads cradled in keyboards, our last gasps and breaths gently blowing on the mouse while a single, glistening drop of drool rolls slowly, delicately onto the enter key.

By: ethnomethodologist

ethnomethodologist — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 07:52:54 -0800

He had us watch that movie in class as though it were educational and even tangentally related to sociology while he doodled in a play book. Content analysis. Cultural studies. Gender. Moral panic. It's "related to sociology" in too many ways to comprehend. I prefer the keyboard cat with Walker, Texas Ranger.

By: xod

xod — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 07:52:58 -0800

In Critique of Judgment, Kant states, "We call that sublime which is absolutely great". He distinguishes between the "remarkable differences" of the Beautiful and the Sublime, noting that beauty "is connected with the form of the object", while the sublime "a formless object". This is the Sublime Apotheosis of the internets.

By: kid ichorous

kid ichorous — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 07:55:12 -0800

all humanity will sit rapt before their screens, unable to move or indulge any other activity, until we lie on the verge of extinction, heads cradled in keyboards, our last gasps and breaths gently blowing on the mouse while a single, glistening drop of drool rolls slowly, delicately onto the enter key. ...and our working title is: NO ESC

By: Mayor Curley

Mayor Curley — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 07:56:40 -0800

s/apology/preemptive defense/ You need to do that with something of this magnitude because there are always going to be Philistines who are irritated that it's not a series of links to The Economist. Also, this place is full of negative jerks who say that everything sucks, and I ought to know because I'm one of them.

By: solipsophistocracy

solipsophistocracy — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 07:59:48 -0800

Someone needs less acid in their life. I think you mean PCP.

By: Potomac Avenue

Potomac Avenue — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 08:01:38 -0800

...and our working title is: NO ESC Or:

DO
LOL UNTIL 0

By: Dr-Baa

Dr-Baa — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 08:02:27 -0800

I saw this the other day and I must say, despite my earlier dismissing of the meme in general, this is the greatest Keyboard Cat video ever. And I mean 'ever' in the true sense of the word. Not only is this greater than all previous keyboard cat videos, but also greater than all keyboard cat videos to come. At least, in my opinion.

By: fistynuts

fistynuts — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 08:03:34 -0800

Needs more Wheeeeeeeeee!

By: jquinby

jquinby — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 08:03:34 -0800

...a single YouTube video of such brilliance, such hilarity, such cohesiveness, revealing such fundamental truths that all humanity will sit rapt before their screens, unable to move or indulge any other activity... Then, and only then, shall the Quebecois be free. Yes, finished IJ yesterday.

By: Elmore

Elmore — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 08:04:16 -0800

OMG IS HELEN H\uNT| OK????

By: I Foody

I Foody — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 08:06:32 -0800

I like the keyboard cat videos where the show the cat briefly before tragedy arrives. It sort of changes the whole meaning behind the keyboard cat videos. Instead of just celebrating human tragedy it seems as though the keyboard cat anticipates it, like he's this omniscient trickster just looking on, aloof and smug, as people wander unwittingly towards misfortune. It's as though all of life that came prior to an accident was just an elaborate trap, bait meant to draw fools towards an accident and humiliation and having finally caught his prey the keyboard cat celebrates joyously. Aha! we think, so that's the trick, fortune and misfortune are all the same in the end, distinguished only by whether it is happening to us or to another, and by whether we can hear the song of the keyboard cat, pounding out a tune looking down on us, the fools below.

By: Extopalopaketle

Extopalopaketle — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 08:07:34 -0800

Thanks for this. It contains a lot of things I greatly enjoy: cats, drugs, Hall & Oats, and umm... Helen Hunt. Watching this on my iPhone, the phone's controls locked up at the Hall & Oats part and all I could do was watch it through. I took it as a sign.

By: Elmore

Elmore — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 08:08:07 -0800

Speaking of weird, last night I had difficulty getting to sleep, and then I dreamed that I was lolling about on a giant slice of home baked ham unable to get to sleep. I did wonder if there was a giant piece of bread under the ham, but then realised that was distracting me from getting to sleep and got annoyed. Then I woke up and couldn't get back to sleep.

By: pyramid termite

pyramid termite — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 08:09:36 -0800

well, the helen hunt stuff was just stupid - but keyboard cat sitting in with hall and oates was all sorts of awesome

By: pyramid termite

pyramid termite — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 08:11:09 -0800

also, careful study of this video reveals that it isn't the drugs that get you, it's the kissing

By: Astro Zombie

Astro Zombie — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 08:11:42 -0800

FOR THE LOVE OF GOD STOP LECTURING THE KIDS AND CALL A PARAMEDIC YOU JUDGMENTAL OGRE

By: dirtdirt

dirtdirt — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 08:11:46 -0800

This is the sort of thing that needs to survive the coming apocalypse. Picture the end of AI, but it is this playing on a loop that they excavate. Also, please let the youtube comments stay intact. "Did Hall and Oates dead?"

By: Nelson

Nelson — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 08:13:39 -0800

Get your drugs straight folks. Helen Hunt: PCP Hall and Oates: Cocaine

By: permafrost

permafrost — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 08:14:26 -0800

I like the keyboard cat videos where the show the cat briefly before tragedy arrives. It sort of changes the whole meaning behind the keyboard cat videos I fear, too early: for my mind misgives Some consequence yet hanging in the stars Shall bitterly begin his fearful date With this night's revels and expire the term Of a despised life closed in my breast By some vile forfeit of untimely death. But He, that hath the steerage of my course, Direct my sail! Play me off, keyboard cat! Last line not in pentameter. Accept my apologies.

By: diogenes

diogenes — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 08:18:28 -0800

I'm struggling to figure out the meaning of Keyboard Cat's decision to play that particular song after the Helen Hunt video. What is he trying to tell us? I think the key can be found in these lyrics: On a night when bad dreams become a screamer When they're messin' with a dreamer I can laugh it in the face Twist and shout my way out And wrap yourself around me 'Cause I ain't the way you found me I think he's saying that even though things didn't work out for Helen Hunt, you shouldn't let that stop you from experimenting with home-cooked PCP.

By: Decimask

Decimask — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 08:19:03 -0800

> Instead of just celebrating human tragedy it seems as though the keyboard cat anticipates it, like he's this omniscient trickster just looking on, aloof and smug, as people wander unwittingly towards misfortune. So keyboard cat is... The Watcher?

By: SkylitDrawl

SkylitDrawl — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 08:20:18 -0800

. That was a moment of silence for my dignity.

By: gcbv

gcbv — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 08:21:31 -0800

The section where everyone is being chastised, and it cuts to the guilt-ridden keyboard cat is probably the best use of that dastardly feline yet. And according to Zizek: "Everything is turned back to front. Public order is no longer maintained by hierarchy, repression and strict regulation, and therefore is no longer subverted by liberating acts of transgression. Instead, we have social relations of free and equal individuals, supplemented by ‘passionate attachment’ (Judith Butler) to an extreme form of submission, which functions as the ‘dirty secret,’ the transgressive source of libidinal satisfaction. In a permissive society, the rigidly codified, authoritarian master/slave relationship becomes transgressive. This paradox or reversal is the proper topic of psychoanalysis."

By: gompa

gompa — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 08:22:58 -0800

Ordinarily I would not link to Slate, especially not to a Slate video feature cursed with some of the hammiest acting this side of a middle school term project presentation. But if we are talking about the '80s, and about anti-drug hysteria, then I see you your Keyboard Cat & Oates and I raise you Alvin & the Chipmunks as DEA informants and an animated Alf dropping a Nightmare on Elm Street reference out of nowhere. (Yes, it's less meme a go go than the linked vid, but better LOLEIGHTIESfilter to my mind . . .)

By: uncleozzy

uncleozzy — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 08:25:02 -0800

I like the keyboard cat videos where the show the cat briefly before tragedy arrives. My favorite keyboard cats are the ones where you see the cat getting ready and then hear the drumbeat just a moment before the tragedy. The Golden Girls finale does both of those things really well.

By: bondcliff

bondcliff — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 08:25:55 -0800

That's Scotty Palmer from Hardbodies. What the hell ever happened to him? Something tells me he never got a BBD himself.

By: csw

csw — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 08:27:27 -0800

By: matteo

matteo — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 08:28:13 -0800

Mayor Curley regrets nothing! Well, I am sure he does regret that Grady didn't take Pedro out, that one time. We all do regret that. This link, instead, is the best thing ever seen on the Internet.

By: PuppyCat

PuppyCat — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 08:32:13 -0800

Comedy.

By: not_on_display

not_on_display — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 08:35:44 -0800

I didn't see the shark--wasn't this meme supposed to be jumping it at the end?

By: Decimask

Decimask — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 08:35:58 -0800

> Is this what the blue is to become, another tired retread of digg and reddit, a pale fark without the snark? Something has to balance out the filthy light thief posts.

By: Mayor Curley

Mayor Curley — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 08:36:03 -0800

Yes, a preemptive apology was necessary and appropriate. The entire post was infantile. Is this what the blue is to become, another tired retread of digg and reddit, a pale fark without the snark? Can't we have just one nice thing on the internet instead of this shit? See, that wasn't a pre-emptive apology, it was a warning to people who don't enjoy silly videos. Now my question for you is, having read said warning, why did you take time out from reading Wittgenstein, drinking port and playing backgammon to watch it?

By: DU

DU — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 08:37:26 -0800

MetaFilter: time out from reading Wittgenstein, drinking port and playing backgammon

By: bitteroldman

bitteroldman — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 08:37:36 -0800

Oh man, I can't wait to watch this when I get home!

By: brain_drain

brain_drain — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 08:39:51 -0800

The entire post was infantile. Is this what the blue is to become, another tired retread of digg and reddit, a pale fark without the snark? . . . complained the user with 0 posts and 15 comments on the blue, one-third of which are complaints about the quality of posts.

By: litterateur

litterateur — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 08:47:36 -0800

The end was reminiscent of SNL's Toonces the Driving Cat.

By: ob

ob — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 08:50:33 -0800

I thought that I was growing tired of the keyboard cat meme. I was wrong. Next, I would like to see the keyboard cat play off those reading Wittgenstein, drinking port and playing backgammon.

By: BoatMeme

BoatMeme — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 08:53:49 -0800

Oh Keyboard Cat, one day you will fail to amuse, but until that distant day arrives, I will cherish these precious moments we spend together.

By: dejah420

dejah420 — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 08:57:09 -0800

Yes, but what's really missing? Major media coverage of keyboard cat. Also, bacon.

By: empath

empath — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 09:00:43 -0800

Can't we have just one nice thing on the internet instead of this shit? I wish i could unfavorite comments I haven't even favorited, just for comments like this.

By: everichon

everichon — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 09:01:37 -0800

Progress is not a matter of far or near, but if you are confused, mountains and rivers block your way.

By: Sidhedevil

Sidhedevil — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 09:02:09 -0800

MetaFilter: time out from reading port, drinking backgammon, and playing Wittgenstein NOW WITH MORE SERIAL COMMA

By: dirtdirt

dirtdirt — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 09:03:55 -0800

MetaFilter: time out from reading port, drinking backgammon, and playing, Wittgenstein. Play him out, serial comma.

By: everichon

everichon — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 09:09:29 -0800

Can't we have just one nice thing on the internet instead of this shit? You can have it.

By: xmutex

xmutex — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 09:09:35 -0800

Has anyone put the Keyboard Cat in the Zupruder film yet? That'd just about be the best.

By: csw

csw — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 09:10:41 -0800

brain_drain. . . complained the user with 0 posts and 15 comments on the blue, one-third of which are complaints about the quality of posts. ouch, wow, you really got me there. That really put me in my place. No complaints allowed until posting limit exceeded! Hey, you know that brilliant retort is portable. That's a favorite tactic of Freepers and other mouth-breathers - see a critic, check that posting history first! You don't have to actually respond to any complaint, you don't need to think. Just check the history and if join date < you, or if number of FPP is < your count, argument won! You are a fool and a poltroon. (And no, I didn't check your posting history before deciding that.)

By: fearfulsymmetry

fearfulsymmetry — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 09:14:19 -0800

Keyboard Cat in the Zupruder film yet? That'd just about be the best. When the craze first started I was surprised no one did 911

By: xmutex

xmutex — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 09:15:07 -0800

Oh I spoke too soon! Not the Zapruder film, but...

By: fearfulsymmetry

fearfulsymmetry — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 09:16:10 -0800

Oh and joyous to be alive today to see this pinnacle of keyboardcattery

By: Bookhouse

Bookhouse — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 09:19:33 -0800

Oh I spoke too soon! Not the Zapruder film, but... I'm pretty sure that's the Zapruder film.

By: six-or-six-thirty

six-or-six-thirty — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 09:22:51 -0800

ouch, wow, you really got me there. That really put me in my place. No complaints allowed until posting limit exceeded! The point being that you haven't contributed much, yourself. And you're furthering that lack of valuable contribution by hanging out in the thread, now, and defending your general statement of 'this belongs somewhere else' with a side helping of 'I am going to shit all over it'. I'm pretty sure we're mostly all fine of criticism, regardless of whether you have 'enough posts' to do it, but yours isn't constructive or, really, valuable. Lots of us seem to like the post just fine.

By: Elmore

Elmore — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 09:25:24 -0800

Did someone just say 'poltroon'?

By: Navelgazer

Navelgazer — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 09:27:18 -0800

I couldn't imagine this being as good as everyone said it was. And then it was better.

By: WCityMike

WCityMike — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 09:30:31 -0800

brain_drain: "that all humanity will sit rapt before their screens, unable to move or indulge any other activity, until we lie on the verge of extinction, heads cradled in keyboards, our last gasps and breaths gently blowing on the mouse while a single, glistening drop of drool rolls slowly, delicately onto the enter key." "It's the Pax. The universal aggregated meme that we added to the Intertubes. It was supposed to calm the population, weed out aggression. Well, it works. The people here stopped fighting. And then they stopped everything else. They stopped going to work, they stopped breeding, talking, eating. There's 30 million people here, and they all just let themselves die!"

By: graventy

graventy — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 09:33:29 -0800

ouch, wow, you really got me there. That really put me in my place. No complaints allowed until posting limit exceeded! That's not what he's saying, he's saying make your own non-SLYT posts instead of constantly complaining about them. Not everything on Metafilter is for everyone. I thought the video was pretty dumb at first, but I did like the 'anticipatory' shots of Keyboard Cat, and I think there are several funny comments above addressing this.

By: BitterOldPunk

BitterOldPunk — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 09:34:38 -0800

Sandy, don't be a bummer. It's no biggie.

By: little e

little e — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 09:38:18 -0800

you're mom is a poltroon

By: PigAlien

PigAlien — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 09:40:48 -0800

Ask and ye shall receive! Zapruder Keyboard Cat

By: ob

ob — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 09:40:49 -0800

ouch, wow, you really got me there. That really put me in my place. No complaints allowed until posting limit exceeded! Learn what FIAMO means.

By: empath

empath — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 09:51:17 -0800

csw -- even though you write in complete sentences, you're still just that guy that posts 'this sucks' on a youtube comment page. Don't be that guy. Everybody hates that guy.

By: potsmokinghippieoverlord

potsmokinghippieoverlord — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 09:53:15 -0800

Did someone just say 'poltroon'? Isn't that the crazy French-Canadian french fry treat? Or a French chicken?

By: orme

orme — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 09:55:08 -0800

Keyboard Cat is trying to tell us that the internet is driving off a cliff while we all yell "Weeeeee!"

By: DU

DU — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 09:58:56 -0800

You are a fool and a poltroon. MeFi: 0 posts RSS feed of posts by csw, 16 comments MetaTalk: 0 posts RSS feed of posts by csw, 0 comments Ask MeFi: 3 questions RSS feed of posts by csw, 16 answers Music: 0 posts RSS feed of music posts by csw, 0 comments, 0 playlists Projects: 0 posts, 0 comments Jobs: 0 posts Letter 'o' in insults: 6 Who's the fooltron now?!

By: everichon

everichon — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 10:00:52 -0800

Just as long as no one hauls out "mountebank".

By: everichon

everichon — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 10:01:49 -0800

Or "scurrilous bounder", though I am starting to suspect that csw may be a scurrilous bounder.

By: Justinian

Justinian — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 10:02:34 -0800

So a snort the size of a little fingernail got Helen Hunt so high she jumped through a wndow and then ran around freaking out? Where can I score some of that shit?

By: Crabby Appleton

Crabby Appleton — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 10:06:52 -0800

That was awesome.

By: everichon

everichon — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 10:12:18 -0800

Where can I score some of that shit? That wasn't PCP, it was Toxoplasma gondii from Keyboard Cat's poop. Keyboard Cat's poop is not a toy, folks.

By: Navelgazer

Navelgazer — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 10:19:11 -0800

Baronet of Ruddigore, Last of our accursed line, Down upon the oaken floor Down upon those knees of thine. Coward, poltroon, shaker, squeamer, Blockhead, sluggard, dullard, dreamer, Shirker, shuffler, crawler, creeper, Sniffler, snuffler, wailer, weeper, Earthworm, maggot, tadpole, weevil! Set upon thy course of evil, Lest the King of Spectre-Land Set on thee his grisly hand! Gilbert & Sullivan, Ruddigore, Act II

By: Bort

Bort — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 10:24:44 -0800

s/apology/preemptive defense/ And I've already seen both of these things separately. Are they more awesome together? I'm sorry to say that they are. But that's just my opinion, so if you don't agree, just ignore it.

By: Marisa Stole the Precious Thing

Marisa Stole the Precious Thing — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 10:24:44 -0800

Yes, a preemptive apology was necessary and appropriate. The entire post was infantile. Is this what the blue is to become, another tired retread of digg and reddit, a pale fark without the snark? Someone help me out with something here. I see a lot of people saying "Yeah I saw this on FARK/Digg/Reddit" as a way of saying someone's FPP is crap. If the sites cited are such crap, why are these people visiting them with the frequency to know that such-and-such link was just posted there? Furthermore, it seems like an internet ad hominem to say "If it was posted on Site X, then it must be crap." Says who? Sometimes a blind pig finds corn, you know? Not to mention the fact that some of us aren't frequenting those sites at all. I don't think I've ever visited Reddit, for example. I found the video hilarious, and the Hall & Oates bit really brightened my day. That's just my opinion. I liked it because the video editing was done well, and the video maker timed the cat's positions and facial expressions well with what was happening in the Hall & Oates sequence. If you didn't like it, try and come up with something a little more imaginative than "lolreddit".

By: Mister_A

Mister_A — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 10:29:10 -0800

Marisa, I like your argument above, but I liked it better the first time when I saw it on HuffPo. You, uh, clapperdudgeon, you!

By: It's Raining Florence Henderson

It's Raining Florence Henderson — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 10:31:38 -0800

I saw this comment first in a dream within a dream. Of course I had just snorted a line of pure Helen Hunt...

By: crataegus

crataegus — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 10:36:13 -0800

This video made me want to do a line of Dutch Boy cleanser of a wire hanger and scream, "I AM NOT ONE OF YOUR FANS". (That's actually a good thing.)

By: turaho

turaho — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 10:37:08 -0800

ouch, wow, you really got me there. That really put me in my place. No complaints allowed until posting limit exceeded! ** QUICK SHOT OF KEYBOARD CAT, PAWS POISED ** Hey, you know that brilliant retort is portable. That's a favorite tactic of Freepers and other mouth-breathers - see a critic, check that posting history first! You don't have to actually respond to any complaint, you don't need to think. Just check the history and if join date <> ** KEYBOARD CAT BEGINS TO PLAY CSW OFF... FLASHBACK TO: ** You are a fool and a poltroon. ** KEYBOARD CAT RESTS PAWS ON KEYBOARD, LEANS BACK, EYES CLOSED **

By: turaho

turaho — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 10:38:28 -0800

damn HTML rendering errors

By: Mister_A

Mister_A — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 10:45:42 -0800

pure Helen Hunt No such thing! Her vile heart is as black as night and smells just as sweet.

By: Astro Zombie

Astro Zombie — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 11:26:03 -0800

Play Haley off, keyboard cat.

By: MildlyDisturbed

MildlyDisturbed — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 11:30:34 -0800

Wow... that was amazing

By: Divine_Wino

Divine_Wino — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 11:48:39 -0800

I want to spend the next hour marching around in a circle, banging a toy drum and yelling "POLTROON" until I pass out.

By: ROU_Xenophobe

ROU_Xenophobe — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 11:53:24 -0800

KEYBOARD CAT IS MASTURBATING WATCHING YOU

By: St. Alia of the Bunnies

St. Alia of the Bunnies — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 11:57:36 -0800

I had never heard of Keyboard Cat until now. Was that a problem?

By: Elmore

Elmore — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 11:58:28 -0800

I am waiting for whoever has the Poltroon sockpuppet to please hurry up and post here, my dinner will be ready soon. Ham sandwiches!

By: sixswitch

sixswitch — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 13:29:03 -0800

I have just realized that the word 'lolling', in the sense of something done by a head from side-to-side, is doomed.

By: everichon

everichon — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 13:44:43 -0800

I have just realized that the word 'lolling', in the sense of something done by a head from side-to-side, is doomed. Not so! I have occasion to do this more than I care to admit! * lolls *

By: Joey Michaels

Joey Michaels — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 14:03:40 -0800

If you had a choice to die in a horrible car accident and be frightened out of your wits or to die in a horrible car accident and be enjoying every second of it, would you choose the latter? Drugs. Do them.

By: filthy light thief

filthy light thief — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 14:51:08 -0800

TIME Magazine, you used to be classy, then all this talk of Web 2.0 made your little, old brain go fuzzy, and now the interwebs have ensnared you in their timesinks and idle prattle.

By: filthy light thief

filthy light thief — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 14:53:07 -0800

Joey Michaels, do you happen to be a travel agent for Mexico?

By: Elmore

Elmore — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 14:56:09 -0800

I have just realized that the word 'lolling', in the sense of something done by a head from side-to-side, is doomed. *Nolls head in agreement*

By: darkstar

darkstar — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 15:08:35 -0800

Okay, I thought I was over the Keyboard Cat meme. But then he started jamming with Hall and Oates and looked like he was really getting into it. So the meme is redeemed.

By: filthy light thief

filthy light thief — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 15:09:57 -0800

> Is this what the blue is to become, another tired retread of digg and reddit, a pale fark without the snark? > Something has to balance out the filthy light thief posts. Glad to be of service/distraction/balance.

By: Scattercat

Scattercat — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 15:10:41 -0800

Technically, shouldn't the verb be "lsol"? Like "passersby" or "brothers-in-law," ne?

By: lphoenix

lphoenix — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 15:18:26 -0800

yeppers - takes Keyboard Cat to a whole 'nother level, at last!

By: Joey Michaels

Joey Michaels — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 15:30:18 -0800

filthy light thief: Joey Michaels, do you happen to be a travel agent for Mexico? No, mi amigo.

By: Optimus Chyme

Optimus Chyme — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 15:55:02 -0800

ouch, wow, you really got me there. That really put me in my place. No complaints allowed until posting limit exceeded! Hey, you know that brilliant retort is portable. That's a favorite tactic of Freepers and other mouth-breathers - see a critic, check that posting history first! You don't have to actually respond to any complaint, you don't need to think. Just check the history and if join date <> One, it's a funny fucking video. Two, you shouldn't come to a party empty-handed and then bitch that you don't like the hors d'oeuvres. You know how I know you're a bad poster with no credibility? Because someone who hated this post enough to fucking flip out the way you did upthread should have - would have - posted it to MetaTalk. So flag it and move on, post a thread in MetaTalk, or just fucking shut up about it.

By: It's Raining Florence Henderson

It's Raining Florence Henderson — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 15:59:48 -0800

Oh, Optimus! You're so sexy when you speak in Italics!

By: filthy light thief

filthy light thief — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 16:07:15 -0800

I just thought Optimus came across more pointedly.

By: empath

empath — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 16:32:51 -0800

I don't know, i detected a distinct slant to the right.

By: filthy light thief

filthy light thief — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 17:09:56 -0800

Well, that all depends on how you lean.

By: Joey Michaels

Joey Michaels — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 18:04:05 -0800

Play them off, keyboard cat.

By: tzikeh

tzikeh — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 20:44:59 -0800

Metafilter: Can't we have just one nice thing on the internet instead of this shit?

By: Mayor Curley

Mayor Curley — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 16:24:02 -0800

So a snort the size of a little fingernail got Helen Hunt so high she jumped through a wndow and then ran around freaking out? Where can I score some of that shit? Is there a high school with a chem lab nearby? Because her boyfriend whipped that up in about 30 seconds. I'm assuming it's true to life because it was on TV.

By: Sys Rq

Sys Rq — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 18:51:43 -0800

Warning: PCP may cause hilarious fingernail-related continuity errors.

By: The Whelk

The Whelk — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 09:05:53 -0800

I wanted to resist but I couldn't.

By: knave

knave — Sun, 19 Jul 2009 18:39:45 -0800

Awesomely incarnated as a cotton tee.

By: darkstar

darkstar — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 17:40:53 -0800

So, Keyboard Cat just got a mention on All Tech Considered on NPR. I guess that means the meme has officially jumped the shark. Play yourself off, Keyboard Cat. :(

By: Sailormom

Sailormom — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 14:29:09 -0800

The Three Keyboard Cat Moon t-shirt inspired by the Three Wolf Moon t-shirt. Enjoy!