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Has internet humor ruined us? Have memes over the years become increasingly incomprehensible to the point where the only thing we're laughing at is our ability to understand them? What does a smirking Wojak even mean to a 70-year-old man? Most likely nothing, but that's okay. If you agreed with those sentiments, I invite you to think a little bit and reevaluate. All forms of humor are subjective. Just because I can pull up my Twitter feed and understand, hopefully, 75 percent of the memes that…

This past long weekend, while getting silly and hanging out with my friends, we realized that everyone in the room was a cat person. Sure, I have a few friends with dogs, but the bulk of us seem to have an incurable obsession with felines. And they're all so different. Socks, my friend's grumpy-looking but sweet tabby, has a penchant for pooping in her bed if she doesn't get up and give him attention at an early enough hour. My cultured kitty Gorgeous would never do such a thing. When it comes…

Scritches not included

I went on a long-ish vacation this week, to celebrate a friend's wedding. One thing that every person in the bridal party has in common is that we are all obsessive cat owners. And being away from home, we really, really missed our cats. Somehow, between various wedding duties, we were able to fit in a trip to a cat cafe in beautiful Palm Springs, California. The cafe, cleverly named Frisky Business, was wonderful. The cats? Purrfection. The staff? Doting and delightful. It was the perfect ther…

Can't resist

In the name of love!

They never get old

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It's not every day you see a cat with a job, but if you asked my cat what her vocation is, she would probably tell you (in trill-y meows) that it's her job to supervise me whenever I take a crap. Then there are the famous bodega cats of New York, fixtures in delis where you can get discount cigarettes and a sandwich for $15 or less. Recently, we became acquainted with the ‘Cats With Jobs’ Twitter account. It's exactly what it sounds like: a lengthy archive of cats who are clearly working hard f…

Welcome to the new frontier of cat memes.

Cutie central

It's easy to believe that memes are a novel invention of the 21st century. After all, we're so evolved and living in the future; it's no wonder we pioneered this compelling new art form. Unfortunately, we did not invent memes. Not even close. If you look into any newspaper or humor magazine from the early 20th century, you will see cartoons, illustrations, and jokes utilizing the exact same format memes on Memebase use today. Modern people are not as creative as we thought, and everything we've…

My baby, my baby, you're my baby

It makes me so sad that black cats often aren't adopted because they're “difficult to photograph.” Imagine getting an animal for the sole purpose of sharing its image on social media! Of course, that isn't the only reason black cats are neglected. Old-timey superstitions about black cats being “bad luck” don't help the adoption rates go up.