@lukebass1000 Challenge accepted! Pelican Park: on the 2nd, 06h00 to 08h30, 16h00 to 18h30. On the 3rd: 10h00 to 12h30, 22h00 to 00h30. If anything happens outside those hours, I accept no responsibility. π
This is Kabosu. She's the shiba inu whose face became the internationally recognized Doge meme after a photoshoot went viral in 2010. Kabosu passed peacefully today, May 24, at 18, after a long battle with liver disease and leukemia.
Kabosu (which means Pumpkin in Japanese, so named for her round face), was rescued from a puppy mill shutdown and adopted from a shelter in 2008. She lived in Sakura, Japan, with her humans and three feline siblings. Her mom, a kindergarten teacher, first posted the picture of Kabosu with the wide eyes and daintily crossed paws in February 2010. The pup's pic made the rounds on Reddit and Tumblr, before the meme-ified version with colorful "Doge speak" captions began taking over. (such fame, wow.) Kabosu eventually became the face of the cryptocurrency Dogecoin in 2013, which, while created as a joke, reached an $88.8 billion market cap at its peak in May 2021. On Nov. 2, 2023, meme legends celebrated the inaugural Doge Day and unveiled a statue commemorating her. Many in the Doge movement use DOGE as an acronym for "Do Only Good Everyday."
"I think Kabo-chan was the happiest dog in the world," her human wrote in a farewell post on the blog she maintained for Kabosu and her adventures. "And I was the happiest owner." A celebration of her life will be held Sunday, May 26, from 1-4pm at Flower Kaori in Kotsu no Mori, in Narita City.
For her lasting legacy on internet culture, the legend Kabosu receives our highest honor, a 15/10
@RetroTechDreams Don't make me choose, I can't! Sim Tower, Deus Ex, Dungeon Siege, The Sims, the list goes on! We just need some Populous: The Beginning and Dungeon Keeper!
Not trying to hear that Pokemon got ripped off -- a franchise that borrowed the monster catching mechanic from much better franchises (SMT and Dragon Quest) and stole its whole overworld look from Earthbound
@ForceStrategy 38000 player peak. If a lot of those don't/can't refund, dare say they achieved their goal. Assuming a low cost of production (volunteer developers, asset reliance), they've made enough sales to comfortably drop it in a few months and move on. Tinfoil hat, but yes.
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