Dec 31, 2013 06:42 PM EST
The Year of the Doge: 2013’s Top Meme Owes it All to LOLCats
In the world of internet memes, 2013 was without doubt the Year of the Doge. Participants on Twitter, Tumblr and reddit created and circulated their own narrations of this Shiba’s fragmented internal monologue, and adapted the aesthetic beyond its roots.