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Baby ducks are amazing! They are cute, fluffy, and — I assume — crunchy. According to Taco Bell commercials a duckling could only be better if it were covered in cheese.

Beyond tasteless jokes ducklings have an amazing ability, imprinting. Ducks will literally attach themselves to the first large object they see. If you wear white shoes next to a hatching duck it will gladly follow anyone wearing white shoes for the rest of its life. Their imprinting ability is so strong that they will even imprint on things that their hatch mates(?) are following.

Viral content seems to follow similar rules. Someone just loves a piece of content and holds onto it, telling all their friends who follow along with the passing on. Like this:

“Come on guys lets go make a lolcatz joke”

Part of it is timing and part of it is just this natural desire to be part of the crowd. But when all things are said and done I am tired of the same thing over and over and over… If you are creating anything currently that relies on a picture and the word FAIL then YOU, sir or madam, are an epic fail.

So a couple of rules:

• At least try to come up with something new.
• If you must copy someone else at least give some value add.
• Don’t use the images from the original joke.

I’m not an unkind man I will accept base formulaic additions, like puns.

Epic SNAIL - was that so hard? There have to be at least 30 words that rhyme with fail: kale, dale, pail, shale, or mail. I am tired of “unique business cards,” “Lolanythingz,” and “Fails.” Although, if you can Photoshop a machine that turns lolcats into unique business cards, I promise you that I will give you a thumbs up for that. Until then let the jokes die in peace.

PS. If you like comparing seemingly disparate concepts put one in the comments and I will write a post for you.

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