Philosoraptor – Philosoraptor (internet meme)
https://www.wizard101central.com/wiki/NPC:Philosoraptor
https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/philosoraptor
https://memes.com/blog/philosoraptor-memes-that-are-bizarre-as-they-are-deep
The Philosoraptor ponders the Great Questions of Life, such as do we see colors the same? Is your red my green? Do we avoid taking chances so we make it safely to death? After sending your wizard to fetch his thinking rock back from the Monquistans, he ponders these gems.
If actions are stronger than words, why is the pen mightier than the sword?
Orange, is the fruit named after the color or the color named after the fruit?
If the early bird gets the worm… doesn’t the early worm get eaten?
If anything is possible, is it possible for something to be impossible?
Philosoraptor is an advice animal image macro series featuring an illustration of a Velociraptor paired with captions depicting the dinosaur as being deeply immersed in metaphysical inquiries or unraveling quirky paradoxes.
On October 8th, 2008, the original illustration of the Philosoraptor was released and copyrighted by creator Sam Smith as a T-shirt design for sale on the online retailer Lonely Dinosaur.
On March 30th, 2007, the earliest known depiction of a Philosoraptor dinosaur was posted on YTMND page titled “New species of dinosaur discovered!”, featuring a photoshopped image of a Velociraptor from the 1993 action film Jurassic Park holding a copy of Plato’s complete works. On February 18th, 2009, the earliest archived appearance of an image macro featuring the Lonely Dinosaur illustration was posted on 4chan /b/ board.
One of the earliest mentions of “philosoraptor” on the web can be found in a quote by a ten-year-old Hope from Kentucky, originally posted via children’s site EnchantedLearning on December 28th, 1998:
I like the philosoraptor because it spits an acidy type of substance in its victims eyes. I saw this dinosaur in the movie Jurassic Park and I did a report on it also. This dinosaur is da bomb.
By July 2011, Philosoraptor reached the “God Tier” on Memegenerator with over 38,000 instances and 12 different templates.
The current list of all the (known) Azteca references are located here.
Although I am well versed in Pop Culture references but I do not claim to have caught them all. Let me know your favorites in the comments and if I’ve missed one you caught, let me know so I can add it to the list.
Text for this article is excerpted from the linked wiki pages
Philosoraptor image is from Wizard101, and is copyright of KingsIsle Entertainment.
Philosoraptor T-Shirt design (c) 2008 Sam Smith
Philosoraptor memes are borrowed from Know Your Meme and are public domain.
Image usage qualifies as fair use under US copyright law.
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