FAQ: icanhazcheezburger.com

Note to readers:  the original version of this post appeared on November 22, 2009)

This is the FAQ for the website icanhazcheezburgers.com, a site for sharing humorous photos of cats.  The photos are often captioned in the voice of the cats, who speak/write in their own version of English. A human version of this FAQ is also available.

Frequently Asked Questions

Deh kittehs respond to ur qwestshuns.

1. What is icanhazcheezburger.com? Icanhazcheezburger.com is a website where u can look at and share funny picshurs of kittehs.
2. Do cats really like cheeseburgers? Of course.   Don’t u?  Next qwestshun, plz.
3. What are lolcats? Lol = laf out loud.  Lolcatz r funny picshurs of kittehs that make u laf out loud.
4. Why do you spell things funny? Thatz how kittehs spell.  Maybe u deh one that spellz funny.
5. Where do you get the pictures on the website? Hoomans take picshurs of us kittehs and upload them to icanhazcheezburger.com.  (Notice how hoomans do all the work.  Thatz not a cowincidents.)
6. How can I add pictures to icanhazcheezburgers.com? Follow direcshuns in our lol builder.  It iz e z.  Step 1: Upload ur picshur.  Step 2:  Add ur capshun.  Step 3: Save.  Dats it.
7. How can I get my cats to pose for funny pictures like the ones on icanhazcheezburger.com? Kittehs do funny things all deh time.  Just keep ur camera ready.  If that duzn’t work, try offering ur kitteh a cheezburger.  On second thought, u shud definitely offer kitteh a cheeseburger.
8. I have a better idea for a caption for a photo that already has one.  Can I change the caption? Yes.  Just clik “Recaption this!”  Now u can type ur new capshun and save it.
9. Are there other ways to get the latest lolcats pictures? Yes.  Give us ur email and we can send u lolcats.  U can also follo us on Twitter or we mite let u be our friend on Facebook.   We haz an RSS feed u can subscribe to but sadly it duz not give u real food.  We also haz widgets u can download to see lolcats on ur fone or ur desktop.  (U may be suprized to learn widget iz not a small, furry creatshur like we thought it waz.)
10. Why is this website only for cat photos?  I have a dog. Doggies haz their own website for loldogs called ihasahotdog.com. Sumtimes we allow fotos of other animalz on icanhazcheezburger.com.
11. Why does this website need to exist? If u haz to ask, then u must not haz kittehs.  Maybe u shud get a dog.
12. How did you come up with the brilliant idea to start this website? Eggcellent qwestshun, but shhh!!!  We want the hoomans to think it waz their idea.
13. I have additional questions that aren’t answered by this FAQ. How can I get help? Kittehs r inscrootable.  We don’t always answur ur qwestshuns.  But u can contact the hoomans for help at 1-800-lolcats or by email.

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