The lolcow is a phenomenon that appears to be confined to the realm that exists on our computer and phone screens, but from time to time it manages to seep its way into the real world as well. All of a sudden you hear family and friends and even some strangers in public talk about the people you follow here, and seeing actual people talk about lolcows can make you feel some type of way.
Perhaps you have a friend who is a Sonic fan, for instance. Discussions about Sonic the Hedgehog rarely ever occur without the subject of recolors thrown in at some point, so what is the first recolor that pops into your friend's head? Sonichu, of course, and then a discussion about OPL and all his wacky antics naturally follows. Maybe you have another friend who's big into video games, and one day you listened to him complain about how badly DSP played in his most recent LP. Maybe 4-5 years ago that same friend brought up the topic of GamerGate back when it was still relevant as well as cows like Zoe Quinn and Brianna Wu. Perhaps you even have a sister or daughter or niece who followed the James Charles vs. Tati drama and then jumped off that bandwagon when that feud started to sizzle out (for the time being, anyway). Or you overheard a member of the weeb club in college talk about the Vic Mignogna case and the ridiculousness of people on the #KickVic side like MarzGurl. Or maybe if you live in the UK you've had one or two dinner table conversations where your folks just spent most of the time laughing about Sargon's run for MEP.
Whatever it might have been, has there been any time a lolcow came up in a real conversation, and (more importantly) you weren't the one who brought them up in the first place?
I've heard some people say they browse /pol/. That's about it for me, though.
Perhaps you have a friend who is a Sonic fan, for instance. Discussions about Sonic the Hedgehog rarely ever occur without the subject of recolors thrown in at some point, so what is the first recolor that pops into your friend's head? Sonichu, of course, and then a discussion about OPL and all his wacky antics naturally follows. Maybe you have another friend who's big into video games, and one day you listened to him complain about how badly DSP played in his most recent LP. Maybe 4-5 years ago that same friend brought up the topic of GamerGate back when it was still relevant as well as cows like Zoe Quinn and Brianna Wu. Perhaps you even have a sister or daughter or niece who followed the James Charles vs. Tati drama and then jumped off that bandwagon when that feud started to sizzle out (for the time being, anyway). Or you overheard a member of the weeb club in college talk about the Vic Mignogna case and the ridiculousness of people on the #KickVic side like MarzGurl. Or maybe if you live in the UK you've had one or two dinner table conversations where your folks just spent most of the time laughing about Sargon's run for MEP.
Whatever it might have been, has there been any time a lolcow came up in a real conversation, and (more importantly) you weren't the one who brought them up in the first place?
I've heard some people say they browse /pol/. That's about it for me, though.
