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How to make LOLCats, Meme cats, Cat macros, or cat pictures with funny captions

How to make LOLCats, Meme cats, Cat macros, or cat pictures with funny captions
I've been reading the internet for a while, trying to finish it. I haven't done so yet, but I *have* determined, through rigorous, scientific, statistical sampling that the internet is 35.4% cat, within a 2% margin of error.

One of the more popular forms of cat on the internet, along with cat blogs, stuff on my cat, cats in sinks, cat vlogs, cat podcasts, and cat twitter, is LOLCats, also known as LOL cats, meme cats, cat macros, and I can has cheezburger cats.

For me, it all started with lime cat, but I'm sure the roots go deeper, to some sort of paleolithic cat wall carving.
 
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Step 1Acquire cat images

Acquire cat images
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Given the aforementioned 35.4% cat composition of the interwebs, there really is no shortage of cat imagery. But flickr is always a great source of creative commons pictures.
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38 comments
Dec 16, 2010. 2:50 AMFreighter says:
There are lots of sites that will do this for you...
www.insertcaptionhere.co.uk
Jul 23, 2009. 10:39 AMTom Buckey says:
these are my attempts
Jul 23, 2009. 10:47 AMTom Buckey says:
sorry here they are
Jul 22, 2009. 9:59 AMiLikeCoolStuf says:
wat about lolporn?
Jun 22, 2009. 2:54 PMghiiirocker1 says:
dont forget "u eated my cheezeburger?"
Mar 30, 2009. 11:11 AMDELETED_General Tim says:
(removed by author or community request)
Jun 15, 2009. 5:34 AMnaruto the ninja13 says:
thats a cat? this site meeses up text drawing
Jun 4, 2009. 4:47 PMreusesave says:
im not sure about cats but i did do a dog here it is
Jun 9, 2008. 11:56 PMgolfer12345 says:
da i made this one
Apr 28, 2009. 10:27 PMpoop11346 says:
WHAT FONT???!!!
Apr 28, 2009. 10:26 PMpoop11346 says:
lol
Apr 6, 2008. 12:53 PMsupercoolio says:
I must say, a very good approach. A very good way to make LOLcats is to go to icanhascheezburger.com they have a lolbuilder, with TONS of hilarious picture to choose from. They also have some dog pictures.
Jun 7, 2007. 8:35 AMCurious47 says:
I am a cat person and I really like your ideas. I look forward to trying them out.
Apr 5, 2008. 9:09 AMbtop says:
Ahhh! The invasion of cat people has begun!
Sep 5, 2007. 8:35 PMJuklop says:
You used the wrong text.
Apr 3, 2008. 9:36 AMGamernotnerd says:
lol
Jun 6, 2007. 12:48 AMnagutron says:
This Instructable will also help you create LOLCOPZ, of which this one is a particularly fine example:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/8726182@N08/527677586/
Nov 12, 2007. 7:19 PMPSPerson says:
LOL=]
Aug 25, 2007. 5:20 PMjakee117 says:
funny kitty
Jun 5, 2007. 9:43 AMCrash2108 says:
So you steal images and act like a 12 year old?
Aug 7, 2007. 11:33 AMfunwithfire325 says:
lol your jealos
Jun 5, 2007. 5:58 PMAeshir says:
Yeah, and he does a great job of it too! :D
Aug 2, 2007. 7:05 PMdianaw says:
thank goodness for that! has me smiling after a day from hell.
Jun 6, 2007. 2:29 AMhack124x768 says:
Its not stealing if they give them away. I share all of mine under the CC-attribution-noncommercial license. That means you can do whatever you want with them, as long as I get credit for the original, and you don't sell it.
Aug 2, 2007. 7:05 PMdianaw says:
Love this. very fun!
Jun 7, 2007. 4:52 PMAeshir says:
I was kidding. :P
Jul 6, 2007. 2:08 PMtomonto says:
Jun 5, 2007. 9:43 AMCrash2108says:
So you steal images and act like a 12 year old?

ahhhhh...the american dream.
Jun 21, 2007. 11:09 AMFreakCitySF says:
It's Caturday! (google image search it)
Jun 16, 2007. 4:01 AMthewaronandrew says:
I am a firm believer that the internet was made for pictures of cats.
Jun 5, 2007. 11:16 PMOra says:
MURK LOAR!!!
Jun 5, 2007. 7:30 PMac1D says:
okay man.. you stole a COPYRIGHTED IMAGES, edited it, acited like a noob, and.. publish it without even a credit ? D I E
Jun 5, 2007. 4:08 PMShark500 says:
Good instructable! MOAR!
Jun 5, 2007. 2:09 PMFenwick says:
noes he be stealin my bucket!
Jun 5, 2007. 12:28 PMcarbon says:
I've always thought that "Impact" was the official font for the lolcat community...
Jun 5, 2007. 10:45 AMrandofo says:
OMG LOLOLOL :-)
Jun 5, 2007. 9:49 AMpachanka says:
May we all be twelve and enjoy it.... check out some of mine :)
Jun 5, 2007. 8:54 AMMitten says:
Shoop da whoop?

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