Lawyer Dog
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About
Lawyer Dog is an advice animal style image macro series featuring a corgi dressed up in office attire, sitting at a desk with his paw on a book. The captions typically juxtapose legalese with canine-related puns.
Origin
The original photo was first posted by Tumblr user goldipoldi[4] on February 25th, 2011. It received 1255 notes and was reposted on Reddit[5], Daily Squee[6] and the Daily What[7] over the next three days.
The first image macro calling the corgi Dog Lawyer was posted on sports forum The Mainboard[26] on March 1st, 2011. Two days later, a second instance was posted to Reddit[3], where it only received 12 points.
Spread
The original corgi image initially appeared in Halloween costume-themed photo compilations on Buzzfeed[8] and humor site Izismile[9] in October 2011, but was not associated with the Lawyer Dog image macro. Between September 2011 and April 2012, three instances of Dog image macros were submitted to the /r/Pics subreddit[12][13]14] , but none of them received any points. On April 16th, two separate images[15][16] were submitted to the Advice Animals subreddit that received thousands of upvotes each.
The same day, compilations of Lawyer Dog images were posted on Pleated Jeans[17], Buzzfeed[18], Guyism[21] and the Tastefully Offensive[19] Tumblr, where it amassed 26,890 notes in 48 hours. On April 17th, more compilations were shared on Bro Bible[20], Uproxx[23] and the Huffington Post UK.[22] The following day, additional examples of the series were featured on PopHangover[24] and law blog Legal Cheek.[25]
Notable Examples
As of April 2012, the Quickmeme[2] page has more than 1300 submissions and the Memegenerator[1] has 460. There are more than 400 results for “Lawyer Dog” on Reddit[10] and a Tumblr tag[11] with additional images.
Search Interest
External References
[1] Memegenerator – Dog Lawyer
[2] Quickmeme – Lawyer Dog
[3] Reddit – Lawyer Dog – "I don't care….
[5] Reddit – he just earned his dog-ree!
[6] The Daily Squee – He Earned His Degree at Notre Dawg
[7] The Daily What – It's Sundog!
[8] Buzzfeed – 90 Corgis in Costumes
[9] Izismile – The Only Cute Corgi Halloween Costume Post
[10] Reddit – Search results for "Lawyer Dog"
[11] Tumblr – Lawyer Dog
[12] Reddit – The secret behind lawyer dog
[13] Reddit – Lawyer Dog Is Always Correct
[14] Reddit – Bastard Lawyer Dog
[15] Reddit – Lawyer Dog is So Generous…
[16] Reddit – Lawyer Dog
[17] Pleated Jeans – Best of the Lawyer Dog Meme
[18] Buzzfeed – The Best Of The Lawyer Dog Meme
[19] Tastefully Offensive – Lawyer Dog
[20] Bro Bible – I Can't Get Enough of the 'Lawyer Dog' Meme
[21] Guyism – New Meme You Should Know: Lawyer Dog
[22] Huffington Post – 'Lawyer Dog' Meme Goes Viral
[23] Uproxx – Meme Watch: Lawyer Dog Will Help You Navigate This Dog Eat Dog World
[24] Pop Hangover – The Best Of The Lawyer Dog Meme
[25] Legal Cheek – ‘Lawyer Dog’ Meme Goes Viral
[26] The Mainboard – Dog Lawyer post
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