Yeah, but I'm really not certain they do. Lolcats don't exist as measures of tragedy. There might be some amount of recognition there: we laugh because we imag

Yeah, but I'm really not certain they do. Lolcats don't exist as measures of tragedy. There might be some amount of recognition there: we laugh because we imagine the cats as humans, saying the things they do. But that isn't the same thing as all as reflecting tragedy. I think a better article would be one analyzing just how willing people are to laugh at things that aren't funny, given any reason at all. The first bunch of lolcats were funny. Now, most of them are pretty stupid. All of the spinoffs - lolpresident comes to mind - are incredibly stupid. And yet, people enjoy them, and laugh hard at them, because they've been conditioned to think that big words over a picture are funny.