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To the LOLcat community, this was seen as an invisible slap in the face similar to the one Nike delivered to Xiao Xiao [http://www.ipfrontline.com/printtemplate.asp?id=2082] with its infamous "stickman" commercial.
The community could have protested in any number of ways - an online petition, a boycott of the film - but instead, it did what it does best: Bedeck pictures of cute animals with grammatically horrifying captions [http://mine.icanhascheezburger.com/TemplateView.aspx?tiid=965368]. Well, really, what else did you expect?
Some of the parodies they came up with are pretty spot on (this one, in particular, sums it up beautifully [http://mine.icanhascheezburger.com/view.aspx?ciid=3137660]) but we've got a lot of capable artists here. Can you come up with better? [http://mine.icanhascheezburger.com/default.aspx?tiid=965368#step2]
Source: Waxy.org [http://waxy.org/links/]
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After the success of its latest book [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/forums/read/7.79468], Icanhazcheezburger.com [http://icanhascheezburger.com/] is obviously seen as "a place where all those internet people go," so Paramount thought it'd submit a LOLcat to advertise the new movie Hotel For Dogs. [http://www.hotelfordogsmovie.com/intl/uk/] Big mistake.
To the LOLcat community, this was seen as an invisible slap in the face similar to the one Nike delivered to Xiao Xiao [http://www.ipfrontline.com/printtemplate.asp?id=2082] with its infamous "stickman" commercial.
The community could have protested in any number of ways - an online petition, a boycott of the film - but instead, it did what it does best: Bedeck pictures of cute animals with grammatically horrifying captions [http://mine.icanhascheezburger.com/TemplateView.aspx?tiid=965368]. Well, really, what else did you expect?
Some of the parodies they came up with are pretty spot on (this one, in particular, sums it up beautifully [http://mine.icanhascheezburger.com/view.aspx?ciid=3137660]) but we've got a lot of capable artists here. Can you come up with better? [http://mine.icanhascheezburger.com/default.aspx?tiid=965368#step2]
Source: Waxy.org [http://waxy.org/links/]
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