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What is it about the internet and cats?
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What is it about the internet and cats?
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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What is it about the internet and cats? - by TaraJo - December 5, 2012 at 11:36 pm
RE: What is it about the internet and cats? - by Kayenneh - December 5, 2012 at 11:38 pm
RE: What is it about the internet and cats? - by Rayaan - December 5, 2012 at 11:50 pm
RE: What is it about the internet and cats? - by Zen Badger - December 5, 2012 at 11:56 pm
RE: What is it about the internet and cats? - by Rayaan - December 6, 2012 at 12:08 am
RE: What is it about the internet and cats? - by Angrboda - December 6, 2012 at 12:31 am
RE: What is it about the internet and cats? - by KichigaiNeko - December 7, 2012 at 12:24 am
RE: What is it about the internet and cats? - by Brian37 - December 18, 2012 at 1:39 am
RE: What is it about the internet and cats? - by Kayenneh - December 6, 2012 at 12:34 am
RE: What is it about the internet and cats? - by Rayaan - December 6, 2012 at 12:42 am
RE: What is it about the internet and cats? - by popeyespappy - December 6, 2012 at 12:57 am
RE: What is it about the internet and cats? - by Jackalope - December 6, 2012 at 1:14 am
RE: What is it about the internet and cats? - by Rayaan - December 6, 2012 at 4:02 am
RE: What is it about the internet and cats? - by JohnDG - December 6, 2012 at 5:30 am
RE: What is it about the internet and cats? - by pocaracas - December 6, 2012 at 5:56 am
RE: What is it about the internet and cats? - by Minimalist - December 7, 2012 at 1:57 am
RE: What is it about the internet and cats? - by Darkstar - December 7, 2012 at 2:57 pm
RE: What is it about the internet and cats? - by TaraJo - December 9, 2012 at 9:36 am
RE: What is it about the internet and cats? - by Kayenneh - December 9, 2012 at 2:00 pm
RE: What is it about the internet and cats? - by KichigaiNeko - December 10, 2012 at 1:31 am
RE: What is it about the internet and cats? - by KichigaiNeko - December 10, 2012 at 1:34 am
RE: What is it about the internet and cats? - by Kayenneh - December 10, 2012 at 2:58 pm
RE: What is it about the internet and cats? - by KichigaiNeko - December 18, 2012 at 12:55 am
RE: What is it about the internet and cats? - by KichigaiNeko - December 18, 2012 at 1:49 am
RE: What is it about the internet and cats? - by JayZero - December 18, 2012 at 2:37 am
RE: What is it about the internet and cats? - by Rayaan - December 19, 2012 at 4:58 pm
RE: What is it about the internet and cats? - by Brian37 - December 19, 2012 at 6:10 pm
RE: What is it about the internet and cats? - by Rayaan - December 21, 2012 at 3:47 am
RE: What is it about the internet and cats? - by KichigaiNeko - December 21, 2012 at 4:45 am
RE: What is it about the internet and cats? - by TaraJo - December 24, 2012 at 12:40 am
RE: What is it about the internet and cats? - by Brian37 - December 24, 2012 at 8:49 am
RE: What is it about the internet and cats? - by Rayaan - December 24, 2012 at 10:34 am
RE: What is it about the internet and cats? - by genkaus - December 24, 2012 at 2:41 pm
RE: What is it about the internet and cats? - by Annik - December 24, 2012 at 4:39 pm
RE: What is it about the internet and cats? - by Brian37 - December 24, 2012 at 4:57 pm
RE: What is it about the internet and cats? - by TarShoduze - December 24, 2012 at 1:04 am
RE: What is it about the internet and cats? - by Annik - December 24, 2012 at 1:18 am
RE: What is it about the internet and cats? - by TaraJo - December 24, 2012 at 2:50 am
RE: What is it about the internet and cats? - by frankiej - December 24, 2012 at 5:03 pm
RE: What is it about the internet and cats? - by TaraJo - December 24, 2012 at 5:23 pm
RE: What is it about the internet and cats? - by Brian37 - December 25, 2012 at 8:04 am
RE: What is it about the internet and cats? - by Rayaan - December 25, 2012 at 8:08 pm
RE: What is it about the internet and cats? - by Brian37 - December 26, 2012 at 8:09 am
RE: What is it about the internet and cats? - by Minimalist - December 25, 2012 at 11:09 pm
RE: What is it about the internet and cats? - by Zen Badger - December 26, 2012 at 8:36 am
RE: What is it about the internet and cats? - by Minimalist - December 26, 2012 at 10:40 am
RE: What is it about the internet and cats? - by Brian37 - December 26, 2012 at 1:30 pm
RE: What is it about the internet and cats? - by Shell B - December 26, 2012 at 11:28 am
RE: What is it about the internet and cats? - by Rayaan - January 2, 2013 at 5:56 pm
RE: What is it about the internet and cats? - by Brian37 - January 2, 2013 at 7:06 pm
RE: What is it about the internet and cats? - by TaraJo - January 3, 2013 at 1:18 pm
RE: What is it about the internet and cats? - by Brian37 - January 4, 2013 at 1:59 am
RE: What is it about the internet and cats? - by Cato - January 4, 2013 at 2:12 am
RE: What is it about the internet and cats? - by Brian37 - January 4, 2013 at 7:26 am
RE: What is it about the internet and cats? - by Brian37 - January 4, 2013 at 7:57 am
RE: What is it about the internet and cats? - by Rayaan - January 5, 2013 at 11:44 pm
RE: What is it about the internet and cats? - by Brian37 - January 6, 2013 at 7:22 am
RE: What is it about the internet and cats? - by Minimalist - January 6, 2013 at 11:27 am
RE: What is it about the internet and cats? - by Brian37 - January 6, 2013 at 4:52 pm
RE: What is it about the internet and cats? - by TaraJo - January 13, 2013 at 12:14 am
RE: What is it about the internet and cats? - by Jewels42 - January 13, 2013 at 7:48 am
RE: What is it about the internet and cats? - by Brian37 - January 13, 2013 at 7:56 am
RE: What is it about the internet and cats? - by Rayaan - January 14, 2013 at 7:20 pm
RE: What is it about the internet and cats? - by Rayaan - January 15, 2013 at 3:29 am
RE: What is it about the internet and cats? - by Brian37 - January 15, 2013 at 9:42 am
RE: What is it about the internet and cats? - by Rayaan - January 15, 2013 at 3:56 am
RE: What is it about the internet and cats? - by Brian37 - January 15, 2013 at 10:04 am
RE: What is it about the internet and cats? - by KichigaiNeko - January 15, 2013 at 10:14 am
RE: What is it about the internet and cats? - by TaraJo - January 17, 2013 at 11:29 pm

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