Kabosu, the Dog Behind the 'Doge' Meme, Has Died

https://www.ign.com/articles/kabosu-the-dog-behind-the-doge-meme-has-died

by dragonbonheur • 2 years ago

267 48 2 years ago

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hparadiz• 2 years ago

Rest in peace sweet girl.

123yawaworht4562• 2 years ago

huh, I thought that happened years ago.

Pi7on• 2 years ago

That was Cheems if I recall correctly

ai_what• 2 years ago

I just looked it up, you're right. Apparently there's even a third called Suki. I thought it was all the same dog.

RIP Kabosu.

123yawaworht4562• 2 years ago

ah, right, that was the one.

kromem• 2 years ago

much rip doge

18 years was an impressive run

codetrotter• 2 years ago

Her name was doge and she was the goodest girl wow. Rip meme dog :’(

__loam• 2 years ago

qiine• 2 years ago

such wow very sad

Dalewyn• 2 years ago

It would be nice if we could get a black bar for Kabosu.

internet sad

love much

wow

Rest in peace.

iseanstevens• 2 years ago

Saw this earlier and it made me pretty sad. :(

I know it doesn’t 100% fit but… Black Bar?

For me she was a joyous milestone in defining internet culture.

clot27• 2 years ago

No way I am hearing this 4th time

thiago_fm• 2 years ago

Right? The news look fake, I heard this news a few months ago

FaultBit• 2 years ago

That might be Cheems, another meme dog who died last year August.

zztop44• 2 years ago

The death notice is from the long standing and popular blog of かぼすママ, Kabosu’s owner. There’s a public funeral on Sunday.

goda90• 2 years ago

According to know your memes[0] there was an April fools post several years ago claiming the doge dog died. Then last year Cheems(real name Balltze), another doge dog died. And there was the announcement that Kabosu had cancer several months ago.

[0]https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/doge

jwilk• 2 years ago

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40464490

7734128• 2 years ago

Much sad, very mourn

z500• 2 years ago

Wow

AmIDev• 2 years ago

Can someone explain what this kind of comment is meant to be and what is the history behind it? It looks grammatically incorrect, and I can't reorder the words to make sense either.

npteljes• 2 years ago

It's the application of the titular "doge meme" to a message expressing grief. The history behind it is the history of the doge meme itself:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doge_(meme)

The reply comment "wow" is also part of the doge meme, and the two comments together form another kind of a meta-meme, where one person writes an unfinished, but straightforward reference to something, and the reply commenter completes that - a traditional "call and response", also very popular in songs.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Call_and_response

Reason077• 2 years ago

Can we please start a fund to have Kabosu's remains sent to the moon? It's all she ever wanted.

dailykoder• 2 years ago

RIP in peace. Sleep tight space doge :(

solaarphunk• 2 years ago

consumer4514• 2 years ago

This headline made me think about the power of internet memes in our modern times.

You can meme a shitcoin into billions of real USD, and you can meme a man into the Presidency of the USA.

That is real power.

ClumsyPilot• 2 years ago

Memes were always very powerful, the most popular meme just turned 2024 years old

consumer4514• 2 years ago

I was thinking of these things as well, but was thinking how just one person, with one image and a caption can do so much today with internet amplification.

However, I suppose historical memes also started with just one person. But, the amplification took much more time.

I mean, computers gave us individual productivity gains. Sometimes, the productivity just sucks.

snapcaster• 2 years ago

1414 years old by my count but generally agree

quesera2• 2 years ago

"Internet meme" is just the current label and form for "Simple, appealing, opinionated messaging".

It's always been a thing.

consumer4514• 2 years ago

Yes, but the reason that I included the word "internet" was to indicate the virus-like reach a single person can have, and now just in hours.

raxxorraxor• 2 years ago

It is more of a runaway experiment than real power though. You might end up with power if you accidentally get elected president of the US for example, could happen to everyone, but the memers are just throwing chaos at more chaos. With often entertaining or explosive results.

ganzuul• 2 years ago

It is good evidence against a conspiracy like the Illuminati, but also a cold shower wake-up that nobody is truly in control.

peoplefromibiza• 2 years ago

probably relevant

"Dangerous memes | Daniel Dennett"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KzGjEkp772s

pfdietz• 2 years ago

When I read a history mentioning the "Doge of Venice" I now get a very odd image.

consumer4514• 2 years ago

Thanks for this, never knew.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doge_of_Venice

junon• 2 years ago

Very cry, many nostalgia, much thank you.

FartyMcFarter2• 2 years ago

Amazing how Kabosu lived so long, especially having had cancer 17 months ago already.

This kind of stuff still makes me laugh: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Do...

jhbadger• 2 years ago

Yeah, 18 is like a cat's age, very rare for a dog. Shibu inus tend to live a bit longer than the typical decade or so most dogs do, but even for them, 18 is a long life.

some_furry• 2 years ago

thank you, doge

WhackyIdeas• 2 years ago

Such sad. Gave much happy to world x

barlog• 2 years ago

For a few days,

Elon Musk changed the X icon to a kabosu.

nbk_2000• 2 years ago

Such dog, much sad

BitwiseFool• 2 years ago

How incredible is it that a single photograph of a single dog has had so much of an impact on culture?

I also have this weird feeling I can't quite describe. This dog had no way of knowing her likeness would be seen by billions of people in some way, shape, or form. She lived her entire life without knowing or even being able to comprehend how significant it was. I have no idea if doge memes will still be popular a decade from now, but when people look back at internet culture from this era they're going to see her image all over the place. Maybe they'll see the appeal too, or maybe they'll wonder how in the world we ever found this funny.

tim333• 2 years ago

Alas poor Kabosu. Still her $23bn memecoin will live on.

Kabosu, the Dog Behind the 'Doge' Meme, Has Died

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