And a virtual currency like bitcoin: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dogecoin
On Tue, Dec 31, 2013 at 10:22 PM, Eric Walker <[email protected]> wrote: > On Tue, Dec 31, 2013 at 10:30 AM, Terry Blanton <[email protected]>wrote: > > Mouse, cat, dogs . . . quite the e-menagerie. >> > > They're called cates and doges these days [1,2]. ("Doge" is probably > pronounced "dohj," although this is a point that is in dispute.) > > These names refer to a "meme," a series of silly images that have been > modified over and over and that build upon one another as part of an > ongoing inside joke. The young kids trade in them in the same spirit that > you would trade baseball cards in the past. The images are often too silly > even to be funny, but there seems to be in endless supply of them. > > Eric > > > [1] > http://24.media.tumblr.com/d88b9a6407424b536a74e59b5be459b6/tumblr_mwiwh4WjNE1sttl5mo1_500.jpg > [2] https://twitter.com/DogeTheDog/status/408766121882300416 > >
