One probable theory as to why cats rule the internet is that cats as pets tend to appeal to retirees, those on disability, and people who live in smaller quarters, usually single individuals (i.e. those who the internet appeals to as low cost entertainment). They are people that may have a greater ratio of excess leisure time and cats, being both cute and low maintenance, have an appeal as being generally a more collectible pet than some other species of animal. And like any collectible, people involved with it like to talk about it, show pictures of it and share the common interest with like-minded individuals. What better venue to share Fluffy's cute trick than the internet?
Cats can show a level of sarcasm and humorous passive aggressiveness that most animals don't. If a dog wants to play or use the bathroom or something its gonna be loud and obnoxious and bark and moan which people find annoying (not hating on dogs). However a cat will nudge you or sit on you or even entertain itself in subtle and fascinating was similar to what people would do.
I lost count of how many times Lovecraft refers to a cat as "venerable" in both his horror and Dunsanian phantasy/ dream cycles besides the Cats of Ulthar. One might think he weren't inventing a mythos surrounding the Great Old Ones but about cats what with as frequently as he uses that term.
Dylan, just saying, never stop man. This kind of content is awesome. Your editing is supurb, music and voice are high quality, everything is so well crafted. Keep up this quality of work, and youll be on the front page in no time!
Robert E. Lee yea.....nissan because they conceived an all wheel drive satanic force of power called the skyline gt-r.....i Bow and hail the one true god....my dark lord.....nissan
I love your videos so much (although you do not upload very often, but I can get around that). You should really have more subscribers than you do, some bigger faces might upload more, but their content isn't half as good as yours ! Keep up the good work!
It's when you look into their eyes. They hypnotize you... You need to overcome the hypnosis. Train them to listen to you... My cat can sit, go up, and give me his paw :D
The answer to your question lies with the trend dictators over at 4chan. Apart from spawning visual disentry they moved (probably accidentally) many many random memes into mainstream internet culture, caturday, lolzcat, long cat, even distribution of I can haz cheezeburger, ceiling cat etc etc. A large portion, 50%+, of internet culture humour did deriviate from the site as well as other irrelevant things.
There is one thing that I can't find an answer to... So, cats (and other cute animals/things) remind us of human babies. At least, that's what they say. Then how come that I think that human babies are INCREDIBLY ugly and... not cute at all, while I really LOVE cute things. Cats are my favourite type of animal by far and I also love many other cute things, like cute cartoons (surprise!), but babies... No, I don't like them. If anyone could explain this to me then that would be great. I can't seem to find the answer anywhere else :O
Oh I miss my kitty so much :( Big fan of your content though man, keep it up, I tune in for every new video since I first learned about your channel a few weeks back, I like your spin on things... but I'm not gonna like how many cat videos TH-cam now tries to get me to view haha,
Antics. Cats have the best antics. Hands down. No living thing in this world has better antics than cats. It's what they evolved for. All the other stuff - resemblance to babies, existing cultural ties, brain parasites, sociability - all of that certainly helps, but when it comes down to it, cats rule the internet because they have the best antics. People aren't just sharing cute pictures of cats sitting politely - those would not dominate the internet. People are sharing videos of cats knocking stuff over, ambushing people, spooking about vegetables, etc. - all top-notch antics.
Very social animals showing a range of emotions similar to our own? Really? Not according to the cats protection league who say they are usually solitary, even require the choice of independence from even those they see as the social group (if they are in their social group they will be seen rubbing against and or grooming each other). They carry on, cats have not developed a way to show a range of emotions, they have limited facial expression and have limited communication, that is why sce t is so important, they can even keep their anxiety under wraps superficially. Ive learnt for the best chance of getting a social cat, you have one from a farming community, of course this was only in the UK.
Of course "similar" is entirely subjective in exactly how much so, however I would defend the concept. Cats demonstrate a range of personalities, whether their faces can show it or not. Some are loving and cuddly, some are cowardly, some are aggressive. Few are entirely one category, fluctuating in their responses between environments or to different people or creatures. So much can their response vary that they may want you to pet them one moment and not the next. Which is a fairly common place response in peoples interactions. There are certainly vast differences, but no one is claiming they are the same, only that they share similarities. I'm not particularly a cat fan myself because I do find them to be rather selfish in most relationships with people. But I'm not going to pretend that isn't a similarity they share with many people.
When I was a kid we had several cats in and out of our house over the years. The mother cat was the most consistent and she was always kinda mid ground. She liked being pet, but she never went out of her way for it. Much to my amusement then she would bring have dead birds in the house and wake everyone up at 6am.
I have the same feeling about bacon. It is popular because it is popular. While it's definitely a tasty little treat, I don't believe all bacon lovers really love it as much as they let on. I would guess that many bacon-lovers (like cat-lovers) love the image of their infatuation more that they love the object of their infatuation., which, in my opinion, is kinda sad. :(
in the future they'll think of us like we do of ancient Egyptians worshiping cats
8 years later, cats still ruling the internet, it's fascinating lol
One probable theory as to why cats rule the internet is that cats as pets tend to appeal to retirees, those on disability, and people who live in smaller quarters, usually single individuals (i.e. those who the internet appeals to as low cost entertainment). They are people that may have a greater ratio of excess leisure time and cats, being both cute and low maintenance, have an appeal as being generally a more collectible pet than some other species of animal. And like any collectible, people involved with it like to talk about it, show pictures of it and share the common interest with like-minded individuals. What better venue to share Fluffy's cute trick than the internet?
Interesting theory, but what about dogs?
Cats can show a level of sarcasm and humorous passive aggressiveness that most animals don't. If a dog wants to play or use the bathroom or something its gonna be loud and obnoxious and bark and moan which people find annoying (not hating on dogs). However a cat will nudge you or sit on you or even entertain itself in subtle and fascinating was similar to what people would do.
15% cats, 70% porn, 5% useful info, 10% pay to read scientific papers that would be useful if they were free.
Cats ears are shaped like a triangle illumimati is shaped like a triangle.
Cats are illumimati confirmed and that why they are popular
O_O IT MAKES SENSE!!!!
frnkr1212 reported
I lost count of how many times Lovecraft refers to a cat as "venerable" in both his horror and Dunsanian phantasy/ dream cycles besides the Cats of Ulthar. One might think he weren't inventing a mythos surrounding the Great Old Ones but about cats what with as frequently as he uses that term.
Dylan, just saying, never stop man. This kind of content is awesome. Your editing is supurb, music and voice are high quality, everything is so well crafted. Keep up this quality of work, and youll be on the front page in no time!
They are just so nutty and inpredictable.
Love your vids man!
we must bow down to our internet masters.... all hail the cats...
nah im good...I only hail to the one TRUE GOD.......NISSAN
Houston from houston nissan? ALL HAIL PAGANI!
Robert E. Lee yea.....nissan because they conceived an all wheel drive satanic force of power called the skyline gt-r.....i Bow and hail the one true god....my dark lord.....nissan
XD
This is a great video. You bring up some good insights
THE EGYPTIANS WERE RIGHT, ALL HAIL CATS
@Some Water
THE EGYPTIANS WERE RIGHT!
They rule the internet because Cats are awesome! They just don't give a damn about anything but their own comfort. No false emotions :)
Yes they do
Keep up the great vids, happy to see the great cat debate still being talked about circa 2006!
Wow you just made 5 mins seen like an hour with all the content of this vid. Good job
well i guess i have to say that cats are way more interesting than kim kardashian :D
Imagine if she saw your comment.
I a-purr-ove this video
Catz are sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo cute
Cats are literally the most efficient predators in history and yet still the silliest animals ever
I love your videos so much (although you do not upload very often, but I can get around that). You should really have more subscribers than you do, some bigger faces might upload more, but their content isn't half as good as yours ! Keep up the good work!
It's when you look into their eyes. They hypnotize you... You need to overcome the hypnosis. Train them to listen to you...
My cat can sit, go up, and give me his paw :D
Rearing Enderhorses is that tru
Go look up the name of H. P. Lovecraft's cat, you won't regret it.
My two favorite things. Dylan and cats. :3
What is the song at 1:11? Yes yes, I know people are gonna say Darude Sandstorm but for the actual mature people please let me know.
The rude sandstorm. :P
Because cats rule the world
why don't you get more likes these videos are entertaining and thought provoking af.
The answer to your question lies with the trend dictators over at 4chan. Apart from spawning visual disentry they moved (probably accidentally) many many random memes into mainstream internet culture, caturday, lolzcat, long cat, even distribution of I can haz cheezeburger, ceiling cat etc etc.
A large portion, 50%+, of internet culture humour did deriviate from the site as well as other irrelevant things.
"salamander lover"
NYEEEEEEES
Dylan, you meowed the exact same time my cat did. That's a little strange. :P
Even in islam. Cats and spiders are auspicious.
Memes are very powerful. If someone made rats cure on the internet, there would be millions of rats around
There is one thing that I can't find an answer to... So, cats (and other cute animals/things) remind us of human babies. At least, that's what they say.
Then how come that I think that human babies are INCREDIBLY ugly and... not cute at all, while I really LOVE cute things. Cats are my favourite type of animal by far and I also love many other cute things, like cute cartoons (surprise!), but babies... No, I don't like them.
If anyone could explain this to me then that would be great. I can't seem to find the answer anywhere else :O
Cats, unlike Kim Kardashian, the Mona Lisa and other random things you cited, are actually entertaining.
I've been addicted to cat videos since I was 25.... I just don't know why!
Oh I miss my kitty so much :(
Big fan of your content though man, keep it up, I tune in for every new video since I first learned about your channel a few weeks back, I like your spin on things... but I'm not gonna like how many cat videos TH-cam now tries to get me to view haha,
Because they rule the world...DUH
.... I have to wonder if the pasties were put up as a joke like have the other crazy stuff online you can buy.
is that joji frank
I believe the time of the peacock is nigh!
... (I hope)
cats are intelligent, smart and awesome and cute and clean and etc
Cats are popular because everybody wants to be a cat, because a cat's the only cat who knows were it's at.
The internet, CERN Schrodingers cat, physics are related and lulz cats
The Egyptians also had a god if cats, Bastet, I think she may have been the daughter of Ra, but I'm not certain.
I'm not sure whether or not to use this video as a trump card when some asks me "Why the hell do you have a cat ears fetish".
I think cats rule the internet bc, as to dogs, they are way more random, and psycho, in what they do
Well, i have an answer. THEY.ARE.CATS!!!!!!!! >^o.o^< of course they rule!
Yes!
I like how you used filthy frank for the salamander lover
Cats are very cute!!!!! I love em!!
Garfi the angry cat is way better then grumpy cat. Just putting it out there.
Antics. Cats have the best antics. Hands down. No living thing in this world has better antics than cats. It's what they evolved for. All the other stuff - resemblance to babies, existing cultural ties, brain parasites, sociability - all of that certainly helps, but when it comes down to it, cats rule the internet because they have the best antics. People aren't just sharing cute pictures of cats sitting politely - those would not dominate the internet. People are sharing videos of cats knocking stuff over, ambushing people, spooking about vegetables, etc. - all top-notch antics.
WHY CAN'T SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS BE POPULAR
Who saw the Mona lesa blink?
Woah... trippy :P
Well us cats rule and dogs drool.😹🐱🐈🐈🐈
It is a parasite that make cats popular, I do not lie :-)
Catisfying video.get it
You gotta been kitten me right meow
CATS RULE
Kitty!
Very social animals showing a range of emotions similar to our own? Really? Not according to the cats protection league who say they are usually solitary, even require the choice of independence from even those they see as the social group (if they are in their social group they will be seen rubbing against and or grooming each other). They carry on, cats have not developed a way to show a range of emotions, they have limited facial expression and have limited communication, that is why sce t is so important, they can even keep their anxiety under wraps superficially. Ive learnt for the best chance of getting a social cat, you have one from a farming community, of course this was only in the UK.
Of course "similar" is entirely subjective in exactly how much so, however I would defend the concept. Cats demonstrate a range of personalities, whether their faces can show it or not. Some are loving and cuddly, some are cowardly, some are aggressive. Few are entirely one category, fluctuating in their responses between environments or to different people or creatures. So much can their response vary that they may want you to pet them one moment and not the next. Which is a fairly common place response in peoples interactions.
There are certainly vast differences, but no one is claiming they are the same, only that they share similarities.
I'm not particularly a cat fan myself because I do find them to be rather selfish in most relationships with people. But I'm not going to pretend that isn't a similarity they share with many people.
When I was a kid we had several cats in and out of our house over the years. The mother cat was the most consistent and she was always kinda mid ground. She liked being pet, but she never went out of her way for it. Much to my amusement then she would bring have dead birds in the house and wake everyone up at 6am.
cause they're cute. Duh
So, I’m popluar? Since I’m a cat? :0
HAHAHAHA I HATE CUCUMBERS THO THEY CREEP ME OUT AAAAAAAAA
Because they think they're snakes
I prefer. Dogs to cats. But they are funny at times.
Avengers :
Is Captain Marvel's Cat the key in defeating Thanos in "END GAMES" !!!!??!!
cof cof *idea channel* cof cof
sorry, im feeling a lil sick
Is there something wrong with spreading your own ideas, just because it's done in a way similar to another?
I just wanted to compare the similarities
Roque Moreno Oh, people usually just do that "cough cough" thing in judgment/criticism.
*cough cough* sorry, most people spell cough right. *cough cough*
Like for Hugh lorries cat face
catgirls
Need I say more
cause they are cute they are animals we know most likely from birth
I have the same feeling about bacon. It is popular because it is popular. While it's definitely a tasty little treat, I don't believe all bacon lovers really love it as much as they let on. I would guess that many bacon-lovers (like cat-lovers) love the image of their infatuation more that they love the object of their infatuation., which, in my opinion, is kinda sad. :(
15 mutt lovers XD
That Filthy Frank Gif tho
Never trust Buzfeed. EVER!
!!!!!!!!!!!
Imagine how sad it would be if a baby's parent(s) Thought that a cat was cuter than the baby, I'd be pissed for days because it's not fair!
First
I'm dying of FIRST
Wish I could make a billion dollars off of an ugly cat.
I wish dog rule the internet
No they suck
Cats BEAT UP DOGS
I don't even like cats, I prefer dogs.
Connor Perfect well, I don't prefer you. I PREFER CATS!
You should have put in many more cat pictures. Shame on you for the clickbaiting title. Dislike!
dog
Cat
I hate cats i love dogs
CATS HATE YOU AND I DO TOO