Does it even need to be said at this point? Cat memes rule the internet. They even ruled human mythology for centuries before the internet. They will probably, somehow, still rule when we are all gone. They are cute, goofy, regal and chaotic, all in one adorable package.
So, like cat owners humbly bringing their feline friend their dinner, we’ve gathered hilarious and relatable cat memes from this dedicated Facebook page. So get comfortable as you scroll through, upvote your favorites and be sure to share your thoughts in the comments below.
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Cute story but it's a weird life juncture for a small child to choose - I doubt a 4 year old has much concept of college graduation ceremonies. As a kid she may have expressed a wish for the cat to be around forever, but I strongly suspect the specifics were made up to match the photo (cue downvotes)
What a weird post. 90% of the text is nonsense. He didn't make a promise. He didn't keep a promise. He simply grew old. The real text should be "Person is happy her childhood cat didn't die yet"
Awww. Sweet kitty looks likes he's ready to retire, send her off to college 😻😿
I had the blessing to do this to one of my cats. From birth to passing, she was showered with love and affection, and she could not have felt any safer around me.
Please accept my deepest condolences on the passing of your dear sweet girl kitty 😭😿💔
Load More Replies...I held my beloved girl Spot when she was born and twenty years later I held her when she passed peacefully after a stroke.
I am an indentured slave to my five masters. I haven’t slept, wore an item that doesnt have some sort of cat dna on it, had a Christmas tree that doesn’t get wrecked in about fifteen years lol.
Try a real tree. I was always cleaning up yakked up fake tree needles. They left the real tree alone
Load More Replies...My lot are spoiled rotten. They eat better than I do some days. My next life I’m coming back as a house cat
The next life will have to be a house cat but owned by someone like us. I cooked lamb cutlets today-I had two and the cat had two. And his were carefully cut into manageable bite sized pieces.
Load More Replies...This is a good reminder for people. I have had many casts over the years and I have always tried to give them the best life they could have. They in turn rewarded me with so much love!
I foster cats-we had a huge chonky one for a while, he was about 28lb. He hated exercise, wouldn't take to a leash, so eventually I started leaving his food bowl upstairs. He used to climb up the stairs multiple times a day looking to see if more food had materialised in his bowl. It definitely worked, other than him continously screaming at me for his bowl being shamefully empty. We got him down to 20lb before he was adopted, so hopefully his new mum continued the exercise programme, he looked like a beach ball rolling down the stairs.
Cat memes are one of the great unifying forces of the internet. No matter your background, interests, or sense of humor, there’s a pretty good chance that at some point you’ve laughed at a cat with a weird expression, a silly caption, or a completely bizarre situation. They’re everywhere, on social media feeds, group chats, and even in the form of merchandise. But where did cat memes come from, and why have they taken such a tight hold of internet culture?
Their history goes back much longer than the internet. Humans have been amusing themselves with cats for centuries, ancient Egyptians worshipped them, 19th-century photographers dressed them up in little clothes, and artists have been using them as the topic of playful or fantastical paintings for decades.
Omg I'd immediately let them all inside then have 10 cats (already have 3) and a miffed boyfriend.. 😂
Er, the whole clan doesn't look too happy waiting for their food, you better hurry up..if you want to live
I was going to say "farther" but I think you were right it is fur-ther.
Both may be accurate! Distance and degree. Cats are just cooler like that.
Load More Replies...Can hear a tuna can opening at one hundred paces but can’t hear the treat bag shaking when you’re trying to find the cat because you haven’t seen them in six hours
THIS! And then you find them in a half-pushed in dresser drawer or something and they're looking at you like, "What?"...
Load More Replies...Oh, their ignoring is quite deliberate. And they aren't even subtle about it. They'll pay no attention to the human right beside them, then bolt across an entire field to bring down a harvest mouse that you didn't even know was there. It's the nature of cat.
my cat, when i call her for company, she ignores me. when i call her because i have a piece of meat left over for her, she comes. there must be something in my voice that tells her why I'm calling.
They will hear their food bowl from a mile away, but won’t respond to someone calling their name just a few feet away.
And can tell which snack food you're opening by the different sounds each package makes! 😅😆
Nah, the cat just wanted the bed and you are in the middle!
Load More Replies...Imagine you're living life, feeling fine and Oscar comes in and jumps up on your bed...
His pores secreted a poison that, over the course of a few hours, would build up in the bloodstream of whomever he was in physical contact with. J/K... Or am I??
Load More Replies...Fine, but what was the reaction of the person the cat was snuggling with?
But the modern cat meme has its roots in the ancient days of internet culture, when forums and imageboards started spreading funny cat pictures with intentionally absurd captions. One of the earliest and most famous is "I Can Has Cheezburger?" that launched in 2007. It featured images of cats with grammatically incorrect English captions, so-called "LOLspeak." The absurdity of the grammar paired with the cuteness of the cats made it immediately viral, setting the stage for the internet's long-standing obsession.
Then the floodgates opened. Cats like Grumpy Cat, with her perpetually annoyed expression, and Lil Bub, with her trademark tongue-out look, became full-fledged celebrities. These weren't just photos anymore, they were brands, with books, merch, and media appearances to prove it. Cat memes had moved from random funny pictures to cultural touchstones, each representing a specific mood, reaction, or worldview.
This is heartbreaking, both tossed into the streets like unwanted trash. This picture makes me sad, nothing else
Hopefully the photographer took them both in. I keep trying to get close to the stray cats who hang around our backyard and partially live in our garage/shed, but they always run away. One had a kitten like two months ago. :(
Load More Replies...Ori & the Blind Forest starts with a similar scene. Heartbreaking though it is, there is beauty in the end of things
Sadly, there is no answer to willful ignorance
Load More Replies...I love this 😂 If I ever encounter a flat earther, this will be the first thing I say
Completely agree. The proportions are totally off, for one.
Load More Replies...Mr Auntriarch stayed in a house where food on the floor was fair game to the resident cat and dog. The cat used to walk along the counter and "accidentally" shove food off, then join the dog on the floor for the feast.
Get up there and then knock the jar of doggie bones off the counter....
This is wonderful! I hope kitty is going to share with her partner in crime!
That's why cats are smarter than do&s ,the ca5 could have +just jumped up there
You think so? What I see is the dog getting a cat to knock over the jar of dog treats, so that the dog can get the treats and the cat can gets the blame. Note the size of the dog, it could easily knock the jar over itself.
Load More Replies...Part of why cat memes endure is that cats themselves are such inherently anarchic creatures. They're solemn one moment and ridiculous the next. They stuff themselves into boxes too small for them, knock things off of tables with the kind of accidental malice only a cat can manage, and make faces that seem specially engineered for internet captions.
Was she keeping the spirits hydrated or are they wicked witch type bad spirits?
Cat: "Bad spirits? Pfff! Amateurs! Already k**l them all, now! I'm a little bit thirsty!"
You don’t use water for bad entities,🤦♀️you smudge the house with white sage !!
Cats are notorious torturers so I hope it ended well for the mouse. It looks like a marsupial mouse by the look of its back legs.
Dormouse, no way a dunnart or hopping mouse etc would be anywhere near concrete outside a conservation zoo.
Load More Replies...The mouse should have a catchy song on how to ignore problems
This looks cute, BUT hopefully there was no toxoplasma gondii involved at all...🐈⬛ 🤷🏽 🐀
And their unpredictability is precisely what renders them infinitely meme-able because whatever human emotion you want to exaggerate, joy, rage, confusion, smugness, there's a cat picture out there that captures it perfectly.
Indeed. The beginner pack... The cat doesnt give a s**t... A carboard box. "Mine! Crazy animals 😄
I remember one day, one of my cats discovered tampons (clean ones obviously). Then all the cats wanted one, so I opened 5, they were like ong there’s also string too? everyone had one each and it was quite a funny scene for hours in the house 😂 supervised though, cos string can be dangerous for cats.
Absolutely. Before Merry and Pippin arrived my wife and i filled the house with all the cat toys imaginable, now we just leave a cardboard box from amazon orders around and they adore playing with it (until they get bored, then it's time for a brand new cardboard box).
I obviously have three perverts: they are totally indifferent to any boxes. I tried many times but they simply do not understand the "cat+box" principle (perhaps because they are all from shelters and did not have boxes there to play), They sniff, sometimes bite, and even pee (only once) into the box - that was the end of the experiments. ))
My cat does not go inside boxes, he just rubs his face on them. Claiming them I suppose.
Load More Replies...I buy good toys. Some catnip ones, little ones to chase around, even puzzle ones. What's her favorite toy? The little twist ties that come in trash bag boxes. I have more of those than she could ever use. Cost: $0
This is Atchoum. He has hypertrichosis, also known as “werewolf syndrome” which is why he looks like a mad scientist who turned himself into a cat.
That is a cat that belongs in a 1980s fantasy film - labyrinth, Dark Crystal etc
He’s adorable. He looks like he’s been interrupted and deeply resents it.
He's fighting diabetus with Quaker Oatmeal and a side of catnip.
Accessibility is another aspect. Though there are undoubtedly memes that are based on niche information or insider knowledge, cat memes are for all. You do not necessarily need to know gaming culture or political subtext to be able to laugh at a cross-eyed kitten. That wide-ranging appeal made them a mainstay of the early internet and continues to render them appealing in a balkanized online environment.
My beautiful Botan was discarded in a dumpster at my old apt house. He had his claws clipped to the quick and his whiskers cut off. Poor little thing was crying his heart out when I found him. He would not let anyone near him but me his whole life.
So was my beloved Emma...I had to carry her to where the rainbow bridge begins almost 10 years ago......I was always kinda proud that I was the only one who was allowed to touch her, until she needed the vet for surgery...even that I hate me for forgetting her more and more with every passing day, I talk to her and give her little updates when I'm at her memorial stone...😔 🥲 🙋🏽
Load More Replies...That’s why it’s called the Cat Distribution System and not the Dog Distribution System!
Same and some in garbage too. They are the best finds ever, they always scrub up beautifully after some TLC
Load More Replies...This is twaddle. If you adopt then you make sure you have things in order. If you find a critter you don't have that luxury, you just take the poor wee beastie in. Species doesn't come into it. I know it's meant to be a joke, but I'm fed up with this inflated false dichotomy. Rant over...
*mumbling* No, you won't! *pushing discretely and gently Anne Roberts while she's looking at her purse for cash/credit card* 😏
Load More Replies...There's a guy here called Ponzi, he's selling them ...
Load More Replies...Cat memes also show the collaborative nature of online communities. Somebody makes a funny picture, captions it, and then other people riff on it, remix it, or spin it off. The meme mutates and spreads, with each subsequent iteration funnier or weirder than the last. Cats are the perfect tabula rasa for that creativity, instantly recognizable but susceptible to endless re-interpretation.
I crush it to powder and mix it in with tuna that has been squeezed, rinsed with water, and squeezed again (to reduce the amount of brine). Nothing else works, if it's in any other food it'll be abandoned, but she just likes tuna too much to leave it.
I’ve never had an issue but every new cat I did, I’d always worry it would be first time 😂 but I got lucky as a kid mums wife (wildlife person) showed me how from age 11-12, cos I was always cat obsessed and she wanted me to know the vet/wildlife way of doing it. I take my own pills this way too, but without cradling myself in someone’s hands 😝
Finally, cat memes are more than just internet fluff. They are among the earliest and best indicators of the way that internet culture can take the ordinary, in this case, people's pets, and turn it into a shared global language of humor. They are a reminder to us that in the internet's crazy sprawl, it's often the simple things that bring the most joy. And what, really, is more internet than a cat doing something ridiculous with the perfect caption overlaid on top?
I have the distinct feeling that this would be how my Frankie would exercise if she had a wheel!
Hee hee! I had a cat who never figured out why a windowsill he sat on as a kitten was too small for him as an adult. Hilarity ensued.
Not a cat, but I had this with one of the chicks I raised lately, she’d get so frustrated that she couldn’t snuggle her whole body under my arm pit or under my chin anymore, went from a golf ball sized chick to a 50cm tall and very round chookie
Load More Replies...God god ,that poor fat cat 🤦♀️😡why do people let their animals get like this ffs , not a funny pic , a heart breaking one !!
Please watch your cat's calories and fillers. 🥰 Their health is on us. I'm on everyone's side. ☺️
New word learned! Thank you. I have never heard this word, and I love matzo, so I will definitely get to use it. 😊
Load More Replies...Either that or your soul is about to become part of his/her property
I am also a k******d! I spent a LOT of money in toys for our Supreme Ruler and cardboard boxes are always his Highness favourite
My last cat preferred to lick the water off the walls of the shower or off my patio table. 🙄
Indeed. My first cat loved to drink water from the water of glass of my young brother. At midnight. And one night he catched her slurping! "WTF?"😅
But but but … rain water is sooooo much nicer , (actually is to , got no c**p in it like water from out a tap )
My cat knocking her little toy gym across the room at 3 last night.
My cat found the little dish I keep filled with candies on my nightstand. She woke me up several times trying to get them out of the dish.
4 am is when Henri decides to stroll through our home and slam shut any door she finds open. She stands up and walks the doors shut. Recently she taught herself how to open my nightstand drawers. Fun times.
Load More Replies...I loved walking outside and vocally joining in where they could see me (ferals etc), they’d look at me confused and stop fighting and walk away most of the time. But it was just hilarious seeing their pookie angry faces turn into pure confusion
Mine gets enormously hungry every morning at 4:00 am. I have given up trying to ignore her as she stomps up and down my body! Easier to just get up and do as her majesty wants!
Connie - "Oh, I love the new lamp Diane!" "Shut up, Connie." - The cat
We starting getting the soft cone, these ones did this to my cat too and made her so depressed. The soft cone is cute cos when you pull it down like a cape, it resembles a lighthouse keeper costume 😂
Mother once had a poodle who got so embarrassed after being clipped that he ran and hid in the back room.
Just remember that tuna lacks some nutritional values, so should not be only that. Unless it's cats food and it's been added the essential nutrients a car [cat.. 😅] need.
Not very good body language tbh. With cats bringing another cat and letting it loose in the cats house is asking for trouble.
We added a rescue kitten to our 5 year old cats home and after 2mo she still just barely tolerates the little one. Now I feel I’ve betrayed my cat. Tell me it will get better. I love them both!
Probably not. My older cats still hiss and spit at the one that came as a kitten. Fortunately I also had another younger cat at the time and now they’re besties
Load More Replies...That's me,after adopting 2 kittens in January I just keep checking the shelters websites and gushing over the little babies. We already have 3 cats which is not many at all especially compared to how many we used to have at one point but I would love at least one more lol
Kitty knows you've been holding out on her...but as expected she also knows that she wins. That is the face of victorious delight!
Assuming you're not joking, it's proof. It's what you do with yeast.
Load More Replies...My cat is exactly the same color as my sofa. I have to look twice before I sit down.
My cat is black and likes to lay on the black bathmat in the bathroom! She becomes invisible kitty!
Load More Replies...He may not have gotten the steak but he definitely won the girl
Load More Replies...And never date a person who doesn't like pets.
Load More Replies...I met a black kitty. Started telling him in a gentle tone how gorgeous he is. Kitty, a bit shy but friendly, started rubbing against my bike, then trees and grass. Even lay on the ground to show me his precious tummy. We walked for several minutes together, him showing how wonderful he was and my telling him nice words. So hard to not pet the kitty, but it's rewarding to see kitty open up on his own terms.
I recently met the cutest little black and white cutie the other day. They're a community cat but so friendly. It might be the CDC(cat distribution center) politely knocking on my heart or it could be a friend to see on walks. We will find out🤔
Load More Replies...Yeah, except for the part at the end where all the cats eat each other 😭 we had this book as a kid, and I vaguely remember some weird VHS version of it...it was traumatizing lol
I accept our new feline overlord. 100000000000% better than what's in charge now.... 😹 🫠
And an additional 30-40 mins of litter scratching at variant hours throughout the early morning, for free!
Bonus points if the litter flies to previously unacheived destinations
Load More Replies...Normal puss-in-boots behaviour will make you d🔞e because of cuteness overload...🙋🏽
Load More Replies...Shoot, I didn’t see that when I posted mine. Good job!
Load More Replies...My old cat (rip) Botan was a Cow Cat. (they are actually called Harlequin cats with the black markings on white). He had a black nose.
My girlfriend said she liked dogs. I like cats so we compromised. We have 5 cats.
And the bank issues kitty cash, all Kitty Cash! Please make large cash withdrawal now!
I have a family of raccoons that come visit sometimes .. the cats are not amused...the raccoon could not care less about the cats.
The purrdy potted plants ..I mean the cute water pot... I mean, the pretty puddy tat.
The cat I rescued falling head over heels in love with my husband—-who was the person who did not even want the cat when I brought them home. Now they’re inseparable, and I’m the odd man out.
That happened to me with one I fought so hard for from her original bad bad owners 😂 the moment she saw him, it was love at first sight, and when we broke up, she stayed as his cat and should be 15 in February coming. He hates cats before her, and now tells me he rejects girls for dates who hate cats 😂
Load More Replies...Ours got out one morning when it was -10 F. I left her out there until I left for work. Problem solved, "when the ground is white, me no go out".
I have an Otto, Ragnar and Romeo. Prior was Valentine. Before him was Cupid and Angel. All boys.
Mine were the opposite of the meme too, Zeus and Hades were my boys and gritty kitty, moo and mini kitty were the girls 😂 puddins and pookie were my first (both boys).
Load More Replies...Those are great names! When I adopted my first void, the owners introduced the mama cat as Nigel, because they had mistaken her for a male. So I decided to carry it forward and give my kitten a male, British-sounding name, so: Henri. Then I had to get Henri a void of her own, so we adopted Loverboy. They're inseparable.
Load More Replies...My boy cat is named after a certain octopus-headed Eldritch Horror
Narrator: "And there was much rejoicing." Cats (monotone): "Yay."
And when de-chonk, you should go slow. So the don't get kidney(?) problems! (I think it was the kidney)n
Load More Replies...between them you have awhole nother cat... not good for either of them
They do now, as a result of the "No Kitten Left Behind" injustice.
Load More Replies...My kitty caught several birds bc they were trying to make her fall from the balcony. The first time, kitty yelled at me with a bird in her mouth, tried to get the bird on my bed. I took her outside so she could put it on the doormat. So she learnt that was the bird offering area. At night, I'd grab the doormat and throw the bird outside. Of course, while kitty wasn't looking bc I didn't want her to think I refused her gift.
My cats' toy graveyard is under the fridge. They get really excited when I eventually turn on the flashlight, get the yardstick, lay on the ground and fish them all out 😹
When we had ours, we found she liked pipe cleaners twisted into helixes. After her passing, found the stupid things everywhere.
Load More Replies...Loverboy stomps on my ribs, walks on my pillow, and squeals from 4 until 6am, while Henri is off slamming doors.
I got lucky here, 5am and 5pm feeds, on time anytime except if I’m working nights then it’s early fun time feed and a scavenger hunt in the house for when I leave. But I remember being 18 and excusing myself from a club or big party event to leave to feed puddins and pookie cos it was “nearly 5am or pm and we have a contract guys!!!!” Then I’d just come back to the party after 😂 so I was never a victim of the 3am attacks thank god 😂
Take that fkn phone off the kid and give it a book >.<
Loved those. Had to let go my big boy Arthur to cat's heaven yesterday, so it made me think I could maybe start again with somekitty new maybe... in some time.
You gave Arthur his best life! Hugs from Baby girl.
Load More Replies...Loved those. Had to let go my big boy Arthur to cat's heaven yesterday, so it made me think I could maybe start again with somekitty new maybe... in some time.
You gave Arthur his best life! Hugs from Baby girl.
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