{"id":83,"date":"2009-01-09T14:47:21","date_gmt":"2009-01-09T20:47:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/economicsociology\/?p=83"},"modified":"2009-01-16T08:17:12","modified_gmt":"2009-01-16T14:17:12","slug":"lolmarkets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/economicsociology\/2009\/01\/09\/lolmarkets\/","title":{"rendered":"LOLMarkets!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Anyone reading this blog is probably aware of the LOL-fad: the addition of witty captions to photos of cats<\/a>, fashion models<\/a>, and so forth, which has taken th’ interwebs by storm.<\/p>\n

So in a moment of inspiration, I wondered: why couldn’t we do the same for economic sociology? I mean, I know I’m not the only one who spontaneously thinks of puns that mash up pop culture with “The Great Transformation,” right? Right? [Tap, tap, tap.] Is this thing on?<\/p>\n

If the blogosphere is good for anything, it’s for allowing microscopically small interest groups to band together and share the kind of thoughts that would be greeted with disbelief or incomprehension by others. If the Ferret Fanciers of Greater Milwaukee <\/a>can do it, why can’t economic sociological punsters?<\/p>\n

Rather than keeping those gems of humor to ourselves, let’s enjoy them together. Friends, Romans and economic sociologists, send me your LOLs!<\/p>\n

Here’s one that came to me when I ran across this picture of the Angel of Death during the earily days of the market meltdown–I know you can do better! So send in YOUR LOLpix! Operators are standing by!<\/p>\n

\"talk-to-the-invisible-hand\"<\/p>\n

“Talk to the Invisible Hand!”<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/p>\n

UPDATE!<\/strong><\/p>\n

I knew someone was on this…ladies and gentlemen, I give you LOLFed.com<\/a>, the funniest site I’ve seen in ages. Here’s today’s LOL with a snippet of the accompanying text:<\/p>\n

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\"sandy-weill-lol\" This one\u2019s for all you crazy kids out there who said Sandy Weill\u2019s experiment of creating a banking supermarket could never work, that its sheer size and the scale and multitude of services offered under a single roof were unsustainable, that no one management team or board of directors could possibly oversee its many arms. You were absolutely right<\/span><\/a>!<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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