So suddenly being able to share a pic of your cat is the only way to share the pet owning experience. As dogs get walked around the neighborhood and provide a bit of a social anchor to their owners, cats stay at home and do nothing, usually hiding from when company is over and generally being cats at everything they do.

Gizmodo has an interesting article stating that cat owners use the internet like dog owners use dog parks. Why are there so many cats on the internet? Seems that when you research most SEO topics, the examples are provided in the form of cats. You are too stupid to understand, somehow makes it even funnier.

See this somewhat haughty creature taken down a peg or two? A cat'sĪttempt to then shake it all off, to pretend that they meant toįall in the bath or down the back of the sofa as part of a plan that Situation, that there is some little part of us that is pleased to Of schadenfreude in watching a cat get itself into a sticky Than seeing a dog do the same? Could it be that there is an element Stuck in a box or fall off a table is that little bit more pleasing Could this fundamental differenceīetween the two animals be part of the reason why watching a cat get Dogs, on the other hand,Īre more likely to bound right up to you and lick you all over, To a cat that gives you the cold shoulder and is undeniablyĭisgruntled that you left him for so long. If you goĪway for two weeks for a holiday in the sun, you may well come back Why making them into silly memes and videos is such fun. Perhaps the fact that catsĪre often aloof and somewhat snooty is actually part of the reason I've been trying to distance myself from everything since it all began but that hasn't stopped me from thinking about it way too much.Unlikely to perform for the camera, they are also unlikely to doĪnything they don’t want to – and if you do something they don’t I'm sure this situation is much more complicated than I'm making it out to be. I feel like we can overcome this in less extreme ways. I don't think closing the subreddit is the solution. With that being said, isn't the act of locking culprit posts which disables comments being made on them, posts on topics that beg for polite discussion the most, a bit counterintuitive? If the meta posts are what you are trying to prevent, give people the spaces they need to have these discussions without making it harder for the people who are just here for the funny memes. It just makes the experience more toxic for everyone else. Furthermore I believe that the actions being taken to try and cull the drama have only made the situation more apparent.įirstly, if you have a response to something someone said here why not just make a comment instead of an entirely new post, tainting everyone else's feed with discourse that most of us just want to avoid? I understand the reason, it's because that's what gets the clicks and attention, but still. I'm sure I can speak for most people when I say that I'm just tired of the 'civil war' style of content that has grown more popular on this subreddit (and reddit in general) over time.

If internet drama overwhelms you as much as it does for me sometimes then please don't feel obligated to read any of this. I'm just here to put out my thoughts somewhere where I think at least a few people will listen.

Psst hey you meme