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Kabosu, the Dog Behind the 'Doge' Meme, Has Died
- 123yawaworht456 2y agohuh, I thought that happened years ago.
- Pi7on 2y agoThat was Cheems if I recall correctly
- ai_what 2y agoI just looked it up, you're right. Apparently there's even a third called Suki. I thought it was all the same dog. RIP Kabosu.
- 123yawaworht456 2y agoah, right, that was the one.
- deleted 2y ago[deleted]
- some_furry 2y agothank you, doge
- hparadiz 2y agoRest in peace sweet girl.
- kromem 2y agomuch rip doge 18 years was an impressive run
- codetrotter 2y agoHer name was doge and she was the goodest girl wow. Rip meme dog :’(
- qiine 2y agosuch wow very sad
- deleted 2y ago[deleted]
- __loam 2y agoo7
- Dalewyn 2y agoIt would be nice if we could get a black bar for Kabosu. internet sad love much wow Rest in peace.
- iseanstevens 2y agoSaw this earlier and it made me pretty sad. :( I know it doesn’t 100% fit but… Black Bar? For me she was a joyous milestone in defining internet culture.
- clot27 2y agoNo way I am hearing this 4th time
- thiago_fm 2y agoRight? The news look fake, I heard this news a few months ago
- goda90 2y agoAccording to know your memes[0] there was an April fools post several years ago claiming the doge dog died. Then last year Cheems(real name Balltze), another doge dog died. And there was the announcement that Kabosu had cancer several months ago. [0]https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/doge https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/doge
- jwilk 2y agohttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40464490 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40464490
- 7734128 2y agoMuch sad, very mourn
- z500 2y agoWow
- AmIDev 2y agoCan someone explain what this kind of comment is meant to be and what is the history behind it? It looks grammatically incorrect, and I can't reorder the words to make sense either.
- npteljes 2y agoIt's the application of the titular "doge meme" to a message expressing grief. The history behind it is the history of the doge meme itself: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doge_(meme) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doge_(meme) The reply comment "wow" is also part of the doge meme, and the two comments together form another kind of a meta-meme, where one person writes an unfinished, but straightforward reference to something, and the reply commenter completes that - a traditional "call and response", also very popular in songs. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Call_and_response https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Call_and_response
- Reason077 2y agoCan we please start a fund to have Kabosu's remains sent to the moon? It's all she ever wanted.
- dailykoder 2y agoRIP in peace. Sleep tight space doge :(
- solaarphunk 2y agoF
- consumer451 2y agoThis headline made me think about the power of internet memes in our modern times. You can meme a shitcoin into billions of real USD, and you can meme a man into the Presidency of the USA. That is real power.
- ClumsyPilot 2y agoMemes were always very powerful, the most popular meme just turned 2024 years old
- consumer451 2y agoI was thinking of these things as well, but was thinking how just one person, with one image and a caption can do so much today with internet amplification. However, I suppose historical memes also started with just one person. But, the amplification took much more time. I mean, computers gave us individual productivity gains. Sometimes, the productivity just sucks.
- snapcaster 2y ago1414 years old by my count but generally agree
- FartyMcFarter 2y agoNot according to this? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Major_religious_groups#Largest_religious_groups https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Major_religious_groups#Largest...
- falcor84 2y agoDo explain
- quesera 2y ago"Internet meme" is just the current label and form for "Simple, appealing, opinionated messaging". It's always been a thing.
- junon 2y agoVery cry, many nostalgia, much thank you.
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- FartyMcFarter 2y agoAmazing how Kabosu lived so long, especially having had cancer 17 months ago already. This kind of stuff still makes me laugh: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Doge_homemade_meme.jpg/1200px-Doge_homemade_meme.jpg https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Do...
- jhbadger 2y agoYeah, 18 is like a cat's age, very rare for a dog. Shibu inus tend to live a bit longer than the typical decade or so most dogs do, but even for them, 18 is a long life.
- WhackyIdeas 2y agoSuch sad. Gave much happy to world x
- barlog 2y agoFor a few days, Elon Musk changed the X icon to a kabosu.
- nbk_2000 2y agoSuch dog, much sad
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- BitwiseFool 2y agoHow incredible is it that a single photograph of a single dog has had so much of an impact on culture? I also have this weird feeling I can't quite describe. This dog had no way of knowing her likeness would be seen by billions of people in some way, shape, or form. She lived her entire life without knowing or even being able to comprehend how significant it was. I have no idea if doge memes will still be popular a decade from now, but when people look back at internet culture from this era they're going to see her image all over the place. Maybe they'll see the appeal too, or maybe they'll wonder how in the world we ever found this funny.
- tim333 2y agoAlas poor Kabosu. Still her $23bn memecoin will live on.
- Slava_Propanei 2y ago[dead]