Mickolous Naylor
First Time Poster
This pic is interesting to me because it's so ******* funny, yet I can't quite pinpoint the reason it's so ******* funny. I mean, there are certainly clearly identifiable aspects about it which are funny, but none of them seem to sufficiently account for the photo's overall comedic value. That's what makes the pic so compelling; it rewards endless examination and analysis, yet yields no insight on an intellectual level. The more you realize it is funny, the more you want to articulate why, and the more you realize there is no rational explanation that's easy to explain. It just works, at a gut level.
Something about the font, and total lack of capitalization and punctuation, maybe. Also, the text suggests that the cat is somehow greeting a potential buyer of his warez, yet cannot use proper punctuation and capitalization (or that's implied), and of course the very idea that he'd manufacture or sell 'internets' is ridiculous, but what amplifies that literary incompetence is the cat's facial expression--so nonchalant, diffident and self-serving, almost used-car-salesmanesque, I get this uneasy feeling like 'this cat's trying to screw me on these internets'. Then I realize I'm actually getting sucked into believing and rationalizing the viability of a cat selling anything. Then I want to pet the cat.
I could honestly analyze and critique this single pic more than any work of art I've studied in any art appreciation class I've ever had. And, I've probably already accomplished that. It'd be worth following up on the source and asking him how he created it, or where he got it from to find that out. I mean, an artist should be commended for creating any kind of artwork that elicits such a powerful and inexplicable reaction from its audience.