What's with all the pictures of cats?

[dolorous_ett]

A quick glances through Friends pages on my F-list show that lots of people are fond of big pictures of cats in funny or cute postures with amusing slogans photoshopped onto them, like IM IN UR FRIG EATING UR FOODZ. By which I mean lots and lots of pictures of cats with slogans, not just the odd one every few days. It's starting to seem like an

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[dolorous_ett]

Very cute cat.

Your point?

[ajat]

That's June's cat.

[erised1810]

http://www.icanhascheezburger.com/

i know .stupid ur but i know someoen on my flist got some kind of pic fro mthere. i'm blidn thoug hso i don't know if it's th e famosu cat stuff. (I tink i mightthoug hbecause some ofthe codes ther had the word cat in it.) i also knwo it's the stupidest url i nthe world i've ever seen adn beyodn this idont' see the big joke either. except i'm apparently stil lallergic to netspeak whether someoen means itthat way or does it in jest. eegh.
i hope someoen can te lme whatthe hack this-one means too.

[dolorous_ett]

It is indeed the famous cat stuff - with a few puppies and walruses thrown in for good measure. Lots and lots of them - cute, but 3 pages in and I'm still not sure I've got the point...

[straussmonster]

LOL N00B :)

For some reason, cat macros caught on big in various communities, especially meme-generating ones like 4chan. If you don't know, it's probably better to just regard it with an amused air of toleration.

[dolorous_ett]

OMG UR OPRESSSING ME !!!111!!! It's not fair!

Oh well, fair enough. I'll have to start practicing my amused air of toleration in front of the mirror...

[prelud]

It just means that many people on your flist watch caturday and cat_macros.Those communities are having their 15 minutes of fame these days, it seems.
Me, I do like a good cat macro. Cats can make unbelievable faces and poses and some people have a gift of coming up with funny captions. Unfortunately, there are very few of them among the masses of macro makers.

[dolorous_ett]

That's definitely where they're coming from.

The cats are cute, but I'm still not really getting most of the slogans. Never mind.

Your icon's lovely, by the way.

[prelud]

Thanks. Micka is lovely.

[aerama]

I just found a guinea_pig macro community and was SHOCKED, but I'm not friending them either - if I feel the need for a cat macro, I'll go directly there.
_I_ am addicted to cute overload. From there I learned that "Ehn!" is the sound a critter makes when it's trying to do something Very Important.

I don't know where any of this started either *feels like a n00b*

But cats are ubiquitous, I guess...all those portals...and ARE caught doing stupid things whilst they pretend you don't know what you're talking about.

[dolorous_ett]

Ah, the Cat Portals. Says a lot, that does.

I've seen Cute Overload, and there are some very cute pictures, though some of the comments are a bit much.