I was chatting with a former student of mine and she asked a really interesting question: why are internet cat videos so popular? Is it something to do with cats? The medium of the internet? I confess that I'm a bit stumped.
Why do you like them?
I'm pretty sure cat videos are what the internet was invented for.
Yes, Vint Cerf is a Scottish Fold wearing a PersonSuit(tm).
Wow. It sounds like you have a serious problem.
I can't imagine what it would be like to go through life without the understanding that these videos are intrinsically entertaining.
Not the boring ones, obviously.
I was chatting with a former student of mine and she asked a really interesting question: why are internet cat videos so popular? Is it something to do with cats? The medium of the internet? I confess that I'm a bit stumped.
Why do you like them?
{points at roguerouge and shrieks warning to all other pod-people}
Sorry, what I meant to write was:
I pity your ignorance.
Because the cats want us to.
The first rule of Cat Video Club is we don't talk about Cat Video Club.
...When I watch a cat video, I only laugh 50% of the time.
When you look into an Internet cat video, the video looks into you.
Because the cats want us to.
And I, for one, welcome our new feline overlords.
We totally need bearsharks. Or Sharkbears. Can't be too difficult to pull off. We have all that genetic engineering, might as well use it for something worthwhile, like breeding the perfect predator.
Because the cats want us to.And I, for one, welcome our new feline overlords.
New? What you mean by new? Theye were here, overlording us for thousands of years.
It took humans 10 thousands years to teach dogs to do some fine tricks, like scouting the mountains with those small barrels and saving frozen travelers in mountains.
It took Cats the same 10 thousand years to teach humans to open them their canned food at the dinner time.
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We totally need bearsharks. Or Sharkbears. Can't be too difficult to pull off. We have all that genetic engineering, might as well use it for something worthwhile, like breeding the perfect predator.
Sharebarks? Dnag flea-mans.
We totally need bearsharks. Or Sharkbears. Can't be too difficult to pull off. We have all that genetic engineering, might as well use it for something worthwhile, like breeding the perfect predator.Sharebarks? Dnag flea-mans.
It's raining cats and dogs, and I just stepped into a poodle.
As I am not a biologist, I cannot provide a description of why cats are intrinsically awesome. And, since videos like Maru, Suprised Kitty, Nyan Cat Pop Tart ARE entertaining, I need some explanation for why people find them entertaining. It's a short conversation if someone asks you a question and you just point right back at the thing in question and raise an eyebrow meaningfully.
In short, how do you explain how something becomes a truism?
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As I am not a biologist, I cannot provide a description of why cats are intrinsically awesome. And, since videos like Maru, Suprised Kitty, Nyan Cat Pop Tart ARE entertaining, I need some explanation for why people find them entertaining. It's a short conversation if someone asks you a question and you just point right back at the thing in question and raise an eyebrow meaningfully.
In short, how do you explain how something becomes a truism?
Honestly i just think it is either one of those things you get or don't get. Like art or humor.
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As I am not a biologist, I cannot provide a description of why cats are intrinsically awesome. And, since videos like Maru, Suprised Kitty, Nyan Cat Pop Tart ARE entertaining, I need some explanation for why people find them entertaining. It's a short conversation if someone asks you a question and you just point right back at the thing in question and raise an eyebrow meaningfully.
In short, how do you explain how something becomes a truism?
I think it's linked to the mesmerising effect of a cat cleaning?
I think it's linked to the mesmerising effect of a cat cleaning?As I am not a biologist, I cannot provide a description of why cats are intrinsically awesome. And, since videos like Maru, Suprised Kitty, Nyan Cat Pop Tart ARE entertaining, I need some explanation for why people find them entertaining. It's a short conversation if someone asks you a question and you just point right back at the thing in question and raise an eyebrow meaningfully.
In short, how do you explain how something becomes a truism?
I love the semi-new Cartoon Network cat bump with the mech. I could so see my dearly departed kitty, Pebbles, at the helm of the giant robot. But only if she was breaking into a fish factory.
cats are crazy
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Humans like babies. Babies have big eyes and do curious things. Cats have big eyes and do curious things. Like babies, they are not supposed to be sophisticated and smart, and like babies, they totally surprise you by showing you that they are. When they do, you feel filled with a curious excitement - that cat becomes your cat, because only your cat could be so cool and smart and clever. Just like only your baby could be so.
Cats reel us in the very same way babies do. We are genetically predisposed to act this way towards babies, and we act that way towards cats because they remind us of babies. And cats have learned how to work that edge. They know we love them. They give us a show.