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What is it about the internet and cats?

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What is it about the internet and cats?
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What is it about the internet and cats?
December 5, 2012 at 11:36 pm
Seriously, it seems like there's some internet obsession with cats! It seems like half the time when the internet creates a new running gag (aka meme), it involves cats! Look at the examples:

We started with 4chan's caturday/lol cats:
[Image: caturday.jpg]

Which gave rise to specific lolcats, most well known being longcat:
[Image: Longcat.jpg]

Then we started getting things like keyboard cat:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X4W9SjymrxI

Not to mention ZOMG cat:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MebVRdF6ODs

And Chemistry Cat:
[Image: a98010_Science-cat-Chemistry-Jokes.jpg]

Even a crazy cat lady was able to get her video to go viral:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mTTwcCVajAc

And it's still going! The most recent cat-meme seems to be grumpy cat:
[Image: b65601-grumpy-cat.jpg]

What gives? Why is the internet so obsessed with cats?
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RE: What is it about the internet and cats?
December 5, 2012 at 11:38 pm
Ray approaching in 3.. 2.. 1.. Big Grin
When I was young, there was a god with infinite power protecting me. Is there anyone else who felt that way? And was sure about it? but the first time I fell in love, I was thrown down - or maybe I broke free - and I bade farewell to God and became human. Now I don't have God's protection, and I walk on the ground without wings, but I don't regret this hardship. I want to live as a person. -Arina Tanemura

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RE: What is it about the internet and cats?
December 5, 2012 at 11:50 pm
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RE: What is it about the internet and cats?
December 5, 2012 at 11:56 pm
This is what happens if you do too much LOLcats



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RE: What is it about the internet and cats?
December 5, 2012 at 11:57 pm
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RE: What is it about the internet and cats?
December 6, 2012 at 12:08 am
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RE: What is it about the internet and cats?
December 6, 2012 at 12:31 am



Cats lie at the intersection of arrogance and aloofness, and the absurd and self-parody. As such, they make ideal jesters, reflecting the human condition in its most intimate.
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RE: What is it about the internet and cats?
December 6, 2012 at 12:34 am
That, or 4chan.. '-_-
When I was young, there was a god with infinite power protecting me. Is there anyone else who felt that way? And was sure about it? but the first time I fell in love, I was thrown down - or maybe I broke free - and I bade farewell to God and became human. Now I don't have God's protection, and I walk on the ground without wings, but I don't regret this hardship. I want to live as a person. -Arina Tanemura

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RE: What is it about the internet and cats?
December 6, 2012 at 12:38 am
Rayaan, do you happen to have a cat?
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RE: What is it about the internet and cats?
December 6, 2012 at 12:42 am
(December 5, 2012 at 11:36 pm)TaraJo Wrote: What gives? Why is the internet so obsessed with cats?

I like these cat memes especially because of the variety of funny gestures and expressions they make, along with the weird spellingz and graammerz.

I'm not actually obsessed with it, by the way. Tongue


Germans, no. I don't have a cat. I don't really want one either. I do like cats, however. Big Grin
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