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# The Next LOLCats?
Fail Dog

By Going Like Sixty | Published 2008-03-29 | Lifestyle
Source: Trend Hunter, https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/fail-dog
References: [faildogs](http://faildogs.com/)

Meet Fail Dog, the most pitiful blog on the web. While LOLCats stars get all the glory and fame for their superior attitude and special language, [man's best friend](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/minds-best-friend) gets nothing but FAIL.

The blog features pictures of [dogs in every humiliating circumstance](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/chief-snuggle-officers). Each day features a new dog, the photos stamped with "Fail" and showing the frustrating situations these dogs find themselves in. Collectively, the canines could become infamous, just like LOLCats because of the wonderful online communities dedicated to [strange pet pics](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/tails-frames).

## Trend Insights (Trend Hunter)

- Score: 6.5/10
- Popularity: 96% | Activity: 90% | Freshness: 8%
- Audience gender: 50% men, 50% women
- Primary generations: Millennial, Gen X
- Top markets: North America, Europe, Asia

## Categories

[Trend Hunter](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends) > [Lifestyle](https://www.trendhunter.com/lifestyle) > [Pets](https://www.trendhunter.com/pets)

## Key Themes

### Key Themes Behind This Trend

- **Pet Humiliation Blogs:** Disruptive innovation opportunity: Develop a platform for pet owners to share their pet's most embarrassing moments for laughs and relatable content.
- **Comedic Pet Photography:** Disruptive innovation opportunity: Create a service for professional photographers to specialize in capturing moments of pets in humiliating situations for viral internet content.
- **Alternative Pet Memes:** Disruptive innovation opportunity: Invent an original and humorous pet memes that highlights embarrassing pet moments, similar to LOLCats and Fail Dog memes.

### Where This Applies

- **Social Media:** Disruptive innovation opportunity: Expand social media platforms dedicated to pet profiles to include functionality for sharing pet humiliation content and memes.
- **Photography:** Disruptive innovation opportunity: Create a new type of photography sub-industry revolving around capturing unique and hilarious pet moments for online content.
- **Pet Care/personalization:** Disruptive innovation opportunity: Develop pet care products and services designed around humiliation and embarrassing pet moments that can be used for comedic purposes in media content.

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