So Geeky

June 12th, 2007

Saw this on Waxy – LOLCODE, a coding language based on LOLCats. My favorite example is this HelloWorld routine:

HAI
CAN HAS STDIO?
VISIBLE “HAI WORLD!”
KTHXBYE

Why in the world is this so funny to me?

23 Responses to “So Geeky”

  1. Andrea says:
    June 12, 2007 at 3:55 pm

    The O’Rly book is what really makes that article.

  2. Glenn Peters says:
    June 12, 2007 at 4:47 pm

    Ha, I hadn’t noticed the O’Rly book before.

    Stupid skimming.

  3. Josh says:
    June 12, 2007 at 5:20 pm

    It’s so funny to you because it is AWESOME. :)

    Other fantastic lolmemes:

    http://www.ee0r.com/lolckyhorror/index.html

    http://granades.com/2007/05/02/loltrek/

  4. Daniel says:
    June 12, 2007 at 6:01 pm

    The thing that cracks me up the most is that people have have already written utilities to translate LOLCODE programs into Python and a few other programming languages. It would be hilarious to distribute the source of a program in LOLCODE.

  5. witten says:
    June 12, 2007 at 6:16 pm

    I hate to have to do this to you, but: http://yosh.org/hello1.jpg

  6. Luke M says:
    June 12, 2007 at 6:58 pm

    I hate to have to do this to you

    Obviously. I see that striking a “hipper than thou” pose is causing you real pain. Griefer.

  7. g. says:
    June 12, 2007 at 7:02 pm

    So you could actually write a song about LOLcats that is also an application?

  8. Daniel Johnson, Jr. says:
    June 12, 2007 at 7:22 pm

    I keep waiting for LOLMonkeys.

  9. witten says:
    June 12, 2007 at 7:34 pm

    Luke, I meant that only in good fun. No grief involved.

    KTHXBYE

  10. Darias says:
    June 12, 2007 at 7:57 pm

    Mr Johnson:

    It’s here already: http://lolmonkeys.com/

  11. PonderousMan says:
    June 12, 2007 at 9:06 pm

    Sweet god in heaven! And I thought C++ was unreadable…

    This definitely counts as a sign of the Apocalypse… but it’s still damned funny.

    So how long until “degenerative code” becomes the new rage?

  12. Luke M says:
    June 12, 2007 at 9:46 pm

    witten:

    K

    MY BAD

  13. Amber N says:
    June 12, 2007 at 11:00 pm

    Probably for the same reason that I find these LOLBots picture so damn funny:

    http://lolbots.com/index.php/?attachment_id=166
    http://lolbots.com/index.php/?attachment_id=158

    Just because they are.

  14. manstraw says:
    June 13, 2007 at 12:02 am

    this is the funniest thing I have ever seen in my life. i just can’t think of a way to convey just how funny I find this. and i’m not being sarcastic, in case you thought that. now I want a joco song in lolcat.

    I CAN HAZ JOCO FUNNY?
    U ALREDY DED.
    HAHAHA

  15. Jonathan Ramsey says:
    June 13, 2007 at 12:34 am

    That lolcat humor just reaches into your soul, rips out something important, sprinkles it with glee, then redeposits it… in your soul.

  16. Calvin Spealman says:
    June 13, 2007 at 6:00 am

    I honestly can say that I absolutely hate this LOLCODE stuff. Even worse being that so many implementations have been done so quick in my darling language: Python.

    We are not amused.

  17. Paul says:
    June 13, 2007 at 9:02 am

    Gotta love GTFO as the “break” keyword! I also don’t get why it’s so funny but I found myself rotflmfao like the LOLrus. Oh dear, this has really gotten to me. KTHXBYE, er… peace out.

  18. Vis Major says:
    June 13, 2007 at 10:27 am

    Paul: I agree – “GTFO” is absolutely the best break keyword.

    Andrea: I wish there were a real O RLY book.

    JoCo: We can haz LOLsong now? KTHXBYE.

  19. Darias says:
    June 13, 2007 at 12:02 pm

    I’m with Vis, a LOLsong would (soft)rock!

  20. awryone says:
    June 13, 2007 at 3:37 pm

    This is all so eeky-gay.

  21. Serti says:
    June 18, 2007 at 5:25 pm

    Speaking of geekspeak…an oldie but goodie, the IRC Bible… the one where Moses fought the Pharoah is classic but they’re transitioning their site as well and it apparently remains in the wilderness. :*(

    http://www.hedonistmasses.com/?p=115

  22. Rich says:
    June 19, 2007 at 4:28 pm

    Dude, you should totally do a song in all LOLCats speak.

    I’M IN UR WEBSITES
    DARING UR JOCOS!

  23. danielk says:
    June 20, 2007 at 12:18 pm

    This LOLcode thing is clearly a litmus test, a device to separate the l33ts from the n00bs. Call the Aliens and let the culling begin.