lolfeeds

May 31, 2007 6:40 PM

LOLfeeds turns any RSS feed into cat macros. For instance: this place, MetaTalk, or Craigslist personals.
posted by mendel (75 comments total)

Oh Dear Jesus, thank you for this. I hadn't thought about lolcats in about 28 minutes.
posted by ORthey at 6:44 PM on May 31, 2007

NOOOOOO THEY BE KILLIN MAH MEME
posted by katillathehun at 6:47 PM on May 31, 2007 [4 favorites]

Oh man the craigslist one was super funny.
posted by vito90 at 6:48 PM on May 31, 2007

that's so fucking great.

there are no permalinks, but check out the inadvertently relevant:

"sorry, no throbbing gristle" at 1/3 down

"don't tread on me" a couple posts under that

"hysteria strikes again" a little more than halfway down

"paging dr. flea" directly under that

everything else makes a kind of absurd sense, but these are on the nose, as they say in the tv biz.
posted by Hat Maui at 6:51 PM on May 31, 2007

Well, I've been complaining about running this meme into the ground but I found this pretty entertaining.
posted by puke & cry at 6:52 PM on May 31, 2007

Seriously... I never post but this meme has pushed me over the edge. No personal offense to the poster but for the love of God, can we be done with lol-*? Often I subscribe to the: "Don't like it? Don't click the link." crowd but these posts just plain suck.
posted by lucasks at 6:52 PM on May 31, 2007

Like I said last time, BoingBoing killed lolcats for me.

This meme is dead to me.
posted by CitrusFreak12 at 6:52 PM on May 31, 2007

Shut up, losers. Automatic RSS lolcats are hilarious, just like every other sort of lolcat.
posted by Mr. President Dr. Steve Elvis America at 6:56 PM on May 31, 2007 [4 favorites]

You know when someone asks, hey, want a beer?, and you think, hmm, hey, why not, and the beer tastes much better than you had expected, because you weren't really thinking about having a beer, and before you're even halfway savouring the first one, someone hands you another, and next thing you know it you're buying the rounds, and with a parched mouth and a head like a ferris wheel you hear someone mumble, hey, wanannathabee?, and you stammer, sure!, and you really believe it, against all good advice, but you really do, by the best of your impaired judgment, do wanannathabee?


That's how I feel about LOLcats. Please keep 'em coming. I'll be under the table.
posted by goodnewsfortheinsane at 6:56 PM on May 31, 2007 [19 favorites]

I'm not in it for the lolcats angle (since losing the lolspeak kills it), but the craigslist random headlines over cat imagery is bizarrely hilarious.
posted by jonson at 6:56 PM on May 31, 2007

I was hoping for something more from the I Can Has Cheeseburger LOLfeed.
posted by pruner at 6:57 PM on May 31, 2007

That's how I feel about LOLcats.

Sheesh. Some of like drinking.
posted by dhammond at 6:58 PM on May 31, 2007

Okay, I think I got the same "sorry, no throbbing gristle" one in the MeFi feed, and I LOLed.
posted by yhbc at 7:00 PM on May 31, 2007

Paging Dr. Flea lol
posted by gubo at 7:00 PM on May 31, 2007

There are permalinks! Just "copy image location", like so.
posted by mendel at 7:03 PM on May 31, 2007

"I want someone who can take care of my kitty"

LOLWTFMEOW
posted by loquacious at 7:05 PM on May 31, 2007

I iz in ur post, lauging mah ass off.
posted by k8t at 7:08 PM on May 31, 2007 [1 favorite]

LOLMHOD



laughing out loud my head on desk
posted by lysdexic at 7:11 PM on May 31, 2007

These are great, like this one.
posted by puke & cry at 7:19 PM on May 31, 2007

WOW. this is fucking perfect.
posted by unknowncommand at 7:20 PM on May 31, 2007

"Sorry, no throbbing gristle" was awesome.
posted by pombe at 7:24 PM on May 31, 2007

Some others...

Slashdot

Digg

Savage Love - v. good

Perez Hilton
posted by k8t at 7:24 PM on May 31, 2007

from Savage Love

From Perez Hilton - this kitty's ready to purr

From Perez Hilton - would you tickle him?
posted by k8t at 7:27 PM on May 31, 2007

WTF??

(from The Stranger feed - it's not just Savage Love)
posted by rkent at 7:31 PM on May 31, 2007

http://lol.ianloic.com/mefi/DONOTWANT
posted by WolfDaddy at 7:35 PM on May 31, 2007

I hate LOLcats junk at this point, but the craigslist one is fucking great.
posted by mathowie at 7:38 PM on May 31, 2007

Oh my gosh. From Craigslist, we get, "I want someone to take care of my kitty." This rules.
posted by houseofdanie at 7:41 PM on May 31, 2007

Santa Barbara Rants and Raves on CL

and much more interesting, SF's Rants and Raves

I'm famous, you're not
posted by k8t at 7:44 PM on May 31, 2007

Oh, oops. I was so busy looking at... uh, kitties, that I missed that loquacious got there first. Apologies!
posted by houseofdanie at 7:46 PM on May 31, 2007

Oh for the love of....

(via the craigslist link in the FPP)
posted by John Kenneth Fisher at 7:47 PM on May 31, 2007

My favorite...

BBC News: US 'disturbed' by Iran detentions
posted by Bugg at 8:01 PM on May 31, 2007 [6 favorites]

Agreed on the Craigslist one, a match made in macroheaven!
posted by Salmonberry at 8:02 PM on May 31, 2007

Reaction to HUNG ASIAN MAN
posted by punchdrunkhistory at 8:06 PM on May 31, 2007

Spookily accurate with The Superficial. o.O
posted by SpaceBass at 8:14 PM on May 31, 2007

OK... this is still funny. Maybe it's the hash. but this is still funny.
posted by grytpype at 8:31 PM on May 31, 2007

Also, AskMeFi.

In particular:

How did the birds get there

The sadness of Second Life

What's my kink

Where did my blog go
posted by punchdrunkhistory at 8:43 PM on May 31, 2007

Dear god, complaining about lolcats is getting old.

The whole meme'll pass in (looking at watch) about another 30 minutes anyway, and you'll never have to look at cute pictures of cats with text again.
posted by JHarris at 8:44 PM on May 31, 2007

Pets for the rich
posted by Blazecock Pileon at 8:52 PM on May 31, 2007

YES.
posted by StopMakingSense at 8:57 PM on May 31, 2007 [1 favorite]

Where is my package
posted by puke & cry at 9:00 PM on May 31, 2007

There is a great beauty in combining two separate forms of randomness. Humans want to see patterns, we want the two dissimilar things to fit together, and thus we take punchdrunkhistory's What's my kink, and suddenly two kitties on a bed becomes wonderfully perverse.

I love it.
posted by quin at 9:04 PM on May 31, 2007 [2 favorites]

please
posted by arialblack at 9:11 PM on May 31, 2007

EPIC WIN.
posted by chlorus at 9:14 PM on May 31, 2007

Dinosaur Comics works pretty well.
posted by brain_drain at 9:14 PM on May 31, 2007

thank you
posted by arialblack at 9:15 PM on May 31, 2007

Where is my package?
posted by gamera at 9:18 PM on May 31, 2007

I enjoyed slashdot a lot (wow, when was the last time I said that?)

Here's a nice one from the ./ feed.
posted by pinespree at 9:30 PM on May 31, 2007

This is simply wonderful. If you missed it in the first link, here is the lolfeeds bookmarklet. Drag it to your toolbar; click to turn any page with feeds into teh. new. hotness. (headlines c/o mental_floss blogs)
posted by unregistered_animagus at 9:52 PM on May 31, 2007

Wonderful example of my point pinespree, what does that photo have to do with a shuttle launch? Nothing. But there is a feather, and feathers come from birds who fly, shuttles also fly;

And just because it's perfect, it's not actually a bird, it's a bird's predator; the cat, chewing on the feather, with the text about the launch, so we question if a launch will be coming or did the cat's eating disrupt it and therefore make the whole image ironic.

You see? Random connections = wonderfulness.

Again, I love it.
posted by quin at 9:55 PM on May 31, 2007

...er, i guess that would have been more helpful as "the lolfeeds bookmarklet".
posted by unregistered_animagus at 9:56 PM on May 31, 2007

Wow, ask.mefi is awesome. Exhibit A. B. C. D (with cat giving the middle finger). E. F. G.
posted by null terminated at 9:59 PM on May 31, 2007 [2 favorites]

This is really awesome. Thanks. I can never get tired of this stuff, especially the cat ones.
posted by cmgonzalez at 10:27 PM on May 31, 2007

Remember, every time you kill a meme, baby Jesus creates two new ones to take its place.

I'm pro-meme and I vote.
posted by strangeleftydoublethink at 10:27 PM on May 31, 2007 [1 favorite]

HAHA...CATS!!!
SAYING THINGS!!!
posted by Demogorgon at 10:31 PM on May 31, 2007

Sorry about the double post above. Me type too slowww.

Principa Infecta
posted by gamera at 10:36 PM on May 31, 2007

I'm looking at you, Anderson Cooper

That is the best.
posted by SirOmega at 10:39 PM on May 31, 2007

I read it on the interwebs, so it must be true.
posted by jdfalk at 10:40 PM on May 31, 2007

Oops, might help if I link to the picture
posted by SirOmega at 10:41 PM on May 31, 2007

New Cthulhu Live pdf Adventure
Clark Ashton Smith
De-Animator
posted by dreamsign at 11:14 PM on May 31, 2007

MeWow!
posted by taosbat at 11:43 PM on May 31, 2007

Surely someone else thought of this?
posted by davejay at 12:33 AM on June 1, 2007

For what it's worth, Yahoo Answers (which is usually full of not-very-bright questions) is a good mesh for this, esp. the Pets/Cats feed.
posted by davejay at 12:40 AM on June 1, 2007

Bah; Yahoo doesn't let you pull a specific category through the lolcatfeeder. Still, has enough "HELP PLEEEEEEEZ!!" questions to be fun.
posted by davejay at 12:42 AM on June 1, 2007

Oh maaaaan, put a cute cat next to it and everything becomes awesome! Who knew?

This is from my twitter feed and sums up my whole life.
posted by shelleycat at 1:39 AM on June 1, 2007

I laughed. Simple things for simple minds, I guess.
posted by 0xFCAF at 2:00 AM on June 1, 2007

Love, love, love the lolfeeds bookmarklet. Simple things for simple minds indeed: Pet tiger mauls human friend.
posted by l'esprit d'escalier at 3:39 AM on June 1, 2007

From the Mefi feed:

Do modern computers make us more productive?
History of Western Civilization Video Series
How I spent the war

The excellentness just goes on and on...
posted by reklaw at 4:50 AM on June 1, 2007

Lucasarts Making Lightsaber Game for Wii?
posted by yeti at 5:51 AM on June 1, 2007

Heh.
posted by danb at 6:20 AM on June 1, 2007

Oh, AskMefi...

Mutant Foods Unite

How Best to Overcome Impotence


Crazy Visual Anomaly
posted by cmgonzalez at 11:05 AM on June 1, 2007

Better than Craigslist Personals is Best of Craigslist
posted by junesix at 11:51 AM on June 1, 2007

I opened up the craigslist one and found persian goodness.
posted by mismatched at 10:38 PM on June 2, 2007

Self Linking in the Green?
Awesome.
posted by Laura in Canada at 5:32 AM on June 3, 2007

lol is unstoppable!
posted by moonbird at 10:56 AM on June 3, 2007

I haven't read all the comments, but this one seemed the most appropriate out of the short time I spent scrolling.
posted by spikeleemajortomdickandharryconnickjrmints at 3:44 AM on June 5, 2007