Poll: Those damn kittens

[rottenbutter]

He was banned or something along the lines. Came back after-wards and then just faded out of existence.

If you mean CrazyBerk, he wasn't banned on the duck thread, and still posts [http://www.ci.yuma.az.us/Images/General/ss-3281981-rubberDuckies.jpg] every now and again.

 

[bodyklok]

Yeah it's getting kind of stupid, I know it's all just fun and games but at the same time it is pretty old.

 

[Bored Tomatoe]

Kittens. Hmmmmmm...KITTENS!!!
I'll go with the kittens...

 

[Ursus Astrorum]

It's a meme.

No it's not. You said so yourself. As a matter of fact, this contradicts a lot of your original 'observation'.

Anywho, you've got a valid point. I'll stop posting them at random (which I believe I only did once), though it is a nice little chuckle to poke fun at the creators of anti-kitten threads.

 

[zen5887]

Richard speaks truth!

Whats this about the Escapist being the smartest place on internet?

Oh so false

 

[Ursus Astrorum]

It's a meme.

No it's not. You said so yourself. As a matter of fact, this contradicts a lot of your original 'observation'.

It's sort of a meme and it isn't. It isn't a meme for the ones who don't get the joke. It's a meme for the ones that do. It's not contradicting what I said, since I didn't made a generalization about it. Now I am doing a generalization about the behaviour by saying it's a meme.

Fair enough, but what exactly is the joke behind them? It's really got me wondering now.

 

[Walrus42]

I don't see <url=http://www.ballinplay.se/bilder/annat/Kitten.jpg>any problem with it

 

[meatloaf231]

I never thought kittens would take over the site [http://indianweatherrock.com/weather-rock-web-images/rubberDuck.jpg].

Edit:

Because we already have an animal meme. And it's rubber duckies.

Hail to the ducky overlords!

I'm just glad I got out of that thread before I was banned. I know what happened to the creator.

What do you mean? I don't remember anything bad happening to anyone involved in that thread.

He was banned or something along the lines. Came back after-wards and then just faded out of existence.

Heh. Nope. That thread was originally a duplicate one I had accidentally created, and thus named it "Please ignore this thread." It was then mutated into The Duck Thread by some other folks.

I never got banned for it, and I certainly hope I haven't faded out of existence.

 

[fluffylandmine]

He was banned or something along the lines. Came back after-wards and then just faded out of existence.

If you mean CrazyBerk, he wasn't banned on the duck thread, and still posts [http://www.ci.yuma.az.us/Images/General/ss-3281981-rubberDuckies.jpg] every now and again.

No I mean bubbaroark0451.

He made the thread seeing if a thread about nothing could be self-sustaining and so some of us started posting duck pictures.

I may be wrong, but he stopped in 08 and never posted again(maybe he was bored, but I digress).

 

[rottenbutter]

He was banned or something along the lines. Came back after-wards and then just faded out of existence.

If you mean CrazyBerk, he wasn't banned on the duck thread, and still posts [http://www.ci.yuma.az.us/Images/General/ss-3281981-rubberDuckies.jpg] every now and again.

No I mean bubbaroark0451.

He made the thread seeing if a thread about nothing could be self-sustaining and so some of us started posting duck pictures.

I may be wrong, but he stopped in 08 and never posted again(maybe he was bored, but I digress).

Well then, it appears we are talking about two different threads [http://www.gadzooki.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/11/pondtrooper_star_wars_rubber_ducky.JPG].

 

[orifice]

Never! All hail king lolcat!

 

[Fightgarr]

I would say that if it is indeed a social experiment it likely has something to do with the tolerance levels of people getting annoyed about completely ridiculous things. In creating this thread, if indeed it is a social experiment, you've pretty much made the experiment a success. However I am not inside that computer mounted on that well-dressed man's head so I have no idea what the real purpose is. Even so, who cares, it kittens? If it was tentacle hentai bullshit it would be a problem but its not, its kittens.

 

[Labyrinth]

I think we can blame our excellent friend NewClassic for this recent trend.

It's Susan's fault actually. I quote: "Moar kittenz plz." Seriously though? The "I like a girl.." thread started out as a joke between myself and Nuke. It grew way beyond that once Amnestic waged in. It is, however, Nuke's "thing" so I leave it to his use.

 

[Jamanticus]

I think we can blame our excellent friend NewClassic for this recent trend.

It's Susan's fault actually. I quote: "Moar kittenz plz." Seriously though? The "I like a girl.." thread started out as a joke between myself and Nuke. It grew way beyond that once Amnestic waged in. It is, however, Nuke's "thing" so I leave it to his use.

NewClassic was the one to go around posting the kitten links though, was he not?

EDIT: I don't want to be a naysayer of NewClassic, but.....Well......It's just gotten out of hand is all...In an annoying (to me) way.

 

[Siuss]

shut up, cats are awesome

Most truthful quote for truth ever!

Seriously it brightens my day, so I say keep going with the kitties!

 

[Sketchy]

I know you're all expecting a kitten picture link from everyone in this thread. Just don't think I will sink to your level. There is no way I will EVER post a picture of a kitten on The Escapist.

EVER.

P.S: Here's the expected punchline [http://silkiestar-siberian-cats.co.uk/images/kitten4.jpg].

 

[Fightgarr]

I would say that if it is indeed a social experiment it likely has something to do with the tolerance levels of people getting annoyed about completely ridiculous things. In creating this thread, if indeed it is a social experiment, you've pretty much made the experiment a success. However I am not inside that computer mounted on that well-dressed man's head so I have no idea what the real purpose is. Even so, who cares, it kittens? If it was tentacle hentai bullshit it would be a problem but its not, its kittens.

I'm totally going by feel here, but I'm going to have to say it's more likely an experiment in spreading a meme.

Even more likely? It doesn't mean anything at all and NewClassic is getting a huge kick out of all this =)

Its my general opinion that its the latter of those two. But, I keep my "social experiment on tolerance levels" opinion as possibility looming 'neath me like large nibbley fish.

 

[Syntax Error]

Hey, at least they're not lolcats. If the site gets flooded with that, I'll take it as a sign of the start of the Armageddon, or something.

 

[Anarchemitis]

Stop the Kittens. Kittens rhyme with mittens and that has a T and that stands for Trouble! [http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=LI_Oe-jtgdI]

 

[Knight Templar]

It is, however, Nuke's "thing" so I leave it to his use.

Thats how I see it, its not intrusive so does it really matter? NewClassic allways making good sizeable posts, so he's allowed to link to pictures of random cats.