How I Got Famous on the Internetz: David After Dentist, Keyboard Cat, Mahir, Alexey Vayner and More at ROFLCon

How I Got Famous on the Internetz: David After Dentist, Keyboard Cat, Mahir, Aleksey Vayner and More at ROFLCon

Posted by Motherboard on Wednesday, May 19, 2010

For one weekend every two years, the viral internet comes together IRL (in real life). Yup, it’s as bad as it sounds.

And by bad, we mean really, really awesome. ROFLCon, the brainchild of a few Harvard undergraduates, is a biennial gathering of the Internet’s foremost makers of viral memes, their hardcore fanboys, and the net researchers who get excited about them (with a hefty dose of chin-rubbing, no doubt).

Motherboard was at the second installment to hear from some of the biggest web celebs, those fleeting hits powerhouses that keep the Internet rolling on the floor laughing their three-wolf-moon t-shirts off or whatever: people like David After Dentist, Charlie ‘Keyboard Cat’ Schmidt, “the original Borat” Mahir, Ben Huh (The Cheezburger Network), the creators of This Is Why You’re Fat, Regretsy, FU, Penguin, Stuff White People Like, and Alexey Vayner).

Beyond luck, a penchant for irony and weirdness, and a keyboard (cat), there’s no formula for getting your 15 MB of fame (or infamy). Then again, it may not matter. On the web, even failure will get ROFL’d right over.

Tell us what you think in the comments below. And please, no flaming.

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rocketeer 2 months ago

I was really moved by the interviews and life stories (life so far...many interviewees are still in their early lives) in this video. The interview with Alexsey is particularly powerful, but certainly not the only one with impact. Congratulations.
danvas 2 months ago

"...my martial arts Master... passed away from cervical cancer." - Aleksy Vayner Oh, classic Aleksy.
Leslie8 3 months ago

The inclusion of Alexsey really set this story apart from any other one-sided meme story. I applaud the writer.
PhallusNocturne about 1 hour ago

Agree
monkmoon 3 months ago

Interesting. The Auto Tune The News thing is super goofy. This video may be a bit long for people's attention spans, or is that the point?
kristen5187 3 months ago

Here is a similar video - same concept, but also funny. http://www.skunkpost.com/news.sp?newsId=2391
rlafferty54 3 months ago

And I don't like David with two front teeth...
rlafferty54 3 months ago

ROFL-Con is ROFL-awesome. But where is the guy that sings "Chocolate Rain"?
PhallusNocturne about 2 hours ago

i don't think that the guy from Chocolate rain ever copped with being making fun of.
will89 3 months ago

and another thing, if a picture of a cat in a wine glass does actually sum up the way of our times........then a what sorry time we live in