"I can has a cheeseburger?"

March 10, 2008 5:44 AM

What is the origin and meaning of "I can has a cheeseburger?"
posted by NorthCoastCafe to society & culture (8 comments total)

u can hs wiki.
posted by Wolfdog at 5:48 AM on March 10

I can has cheezburger? It's one of the earlier lolcat image macros, where you find a picture of a cat, figure out some kind of witty caption for it, and turn it into pidgin-English "kitteh."
posted by adamrice at 5:48 AM on March 10

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Can_Has_Cheezburger
posted by PenDevil at 5:48 AM on March 10

A blog entry which suggests how rapidly evolving internet subcultures lead to the LOLcat phenomenon. Interesting if you're into etymology and that sort of thing.

I wonder if there are any serious academic studies about internet subcultures available.
posted by WalterMitty at 6:07 AM on March 10 [4 favorites]

WalterMitty: ROFLCon has a couple of academics coming to speak. Not sure if they've published anything though.
posted by danb at 7:07 AM on March 10

Obligatory
posted by chrissyboy at 7:17 AM on March 10

I believe this is the original. I don't think it's anything more complicated that it's funny for a cat to ask for a cheeseburger. And that cats can't speak proper English. Silly cats.
posted by nanojath at 10:33 AM on March 10

Tangentally related, cross-cultural lolcats according to Snarkmarket.
posted by =^^= at 1:13 AM on March 16