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Cats and the internet go together as perfectly as coffee and donuts. After all, who doesn't click on a fluffy feline doing something silly? Their antics can be exactly what you need to forget your daily worries.

The Facebook page Mysterious Cat has over 388,000 people following it for precisely that. The page captures the unique charm and quirks of our beloved companions, sharing memes about their sudden bursts of energy, naughty adventures, and derpy faces.

Whether you own one of these animals yourself or are simply scrolling through, there's always a post to make you smile.

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Kenny Kulbiski
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1 month ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I tell mine and he's immediately thinking good, I can finally finish climbing up that curtain and other stuff I've had to put off.

TheBlueBitterfly
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1 month ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The cats line up by the door. The oldest, Lunala, paws at my arm pitifully begging me not to leave. The crazy one, Hilda, yowls her displeasure. The youngest, Starla, does her little chitter mips. (Sometimes my human teenager yells "by mom, love you too!" if he even notices I'm leaving.)

Apachebathmat
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1 month ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Yes, I also tell them there is food and water and point at blankets or cat recharging points as I like to call them

Melissa Sawicki
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1 month ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Not only do I tell my dog and cat I tell my stuffed animals as well. And I'm a 49yr old woman

Bill Kubeck
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1 month ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

We usually do, but they don't believe us until we come back home and feed them

Collette Hinton
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1 month ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

If I forget, I will go back, open the door and freaking tell them. Ugh

MartiBob
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1 month ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Of course?! You also have to ask them how their day was and give pets immediately when returning home!

Edward Treen
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1 month ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Always: and I tell them when it's bedtime so they can accompany me.

Alice Landers
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1 month ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Of course! I tell them where I'm going and " I'll have my cell phone with me if you need anything"

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1 month ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Uhh yeah?? Every single time! Along with "be a good boy!" 😁

Bianca
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1 month ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

of course and I tell her, when we will be back and that she is in command now

Sylwek
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1 month ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Of course, always, see you soon, love you and kiss kiss.

Winter Eleven
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1 month ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I always say I'll be back in an hour and get yelled at later when i am 5min late

Thee8thsense
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1 month ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Of course! Too, when my cat and I are hanging together, if I am only needing to go get something, etc, I tell him "I'll be right back", and he will sit and wait for me, rather than follow me. He learned this so quickly, it astonished me! Animals are wildly intelligent (slight pun intended).

Paloma Vita
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1 month ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I say it differently depending on how long I will be gone... "be right back"; "be back soon"; "be back later", and "be back later, later" when I go on a trip.

Panda'sMom
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1 month ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I can't say that to my little shadow! He must go with me everywhere! Has a fit when I get out of the car at the gas pump. (MY Service dog)

Rebecca Surette
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1 month ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I tell my cat where I am going, and when I expect to be home. I know it may be coincidence, but when I started doing that, the mischief he caused when I was gone cut down by at least 75%. When it works, it works.

Val Carriere
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1 month ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Yes , both the cat and the budgie. “ You boys be good, see you later “

Mason Kronol
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1 month ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I think the first time I left the house sans fur babies I cried for 10 minutes straight. This was the first weeks of the pandemic. I was recovering from foot surgery. The isolation was terrifying. If I don’t have PTSD o don’t know what it is.

Me
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1 month ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I even tell the dog that the cat is in charge and to be nice to each other.

MotherRobinson
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1 month ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I definitely do! I tell him "Ok Brunt hold it down for us".

Birgitte Lütken
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1 month ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I tell them approximately when I'll be home and to watch the house while I'm away 😛

Aidan Pite
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1 month ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I had one foster kitten that would only let me leave the apartment without having to chase him down the hall was to give him wet food and sprint for the door. You think I was wasting time with goodbyes?

Kris
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1 month ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I tell her «strong kitty watching the house when Im gone»

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Cat memes as we know them date back to the 1990s, when bored office workers and friends started using email for sending each other funny felines. But there were similar trends long before we had computers.

In fact, scholars of media history say that understanding the cat postcards of the early 20th Century might help us to understand social media today.

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1 month ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The Cat Distribution System gave us one black cat + 2 tabbies. We used to have 3 tabbies but one found a better home. (no cat siblings.)

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"Some things persist across generations and media, and depictions of cats are one of those things. It's kind of reassuring," Ben Weiss, a senior curator at the Boston Museum of Fine Arts and co-curator of the museum's The Postcard Age exhibition, told BBC.

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In the 19th and early 20th centuries, "postcards functioned like social media today."

Cheaper, faster, and more convenient than a letter, they were used to share random musings, plan logistics for where and when to meet, tell jokes and, of course, post cat pictures.

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Whether it's mail sent with a stamp in 1924 or posts made with the tap of a finger a century later, cats have always had an audience.

The first postcards were printed in Austria-Hungary in 1869 – fortuitous timing for innovation in the mail field because in 1874, 21 countries established the Universal Postal Union, allowing mail to be sent and delivered internationally.

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More countries followed in the next few years, and postcards rode this wave.

Like memes, postcards carried not just a picture and a few lines of text but were tangible evidence of a vast network and powerful institutions that had transported them rapidly across huge distances. They marked a changing world and technology's startling advance, delivered daily into the hands and mailboxes of regular people.

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1 month ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I've seen these photos a dozen times and I can't get over those cute, puckered lips.

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1 month ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I found a little message block somewhere that says "I work hard to build a better life for my cat" that I keep on a dining room shelf.

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"We've forgotten the density of that early 20th-century communications network, which postcards were moving through," Weiss explained.

"You could send a postcard to someone at 10 saying you'll be there at 5:30, if you're going from Manhattan to Jersey City, and you can get the message to them fairly quickly."

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Postcards in the early 20th-century city arguably marked the first time in history that communication at that speed was affordable and widely accessible. Between 1900 and 1914, according to Weiss, "there's this massive worldwide postcard craze to the point where people talk about it being a disease in the public bloodstream".

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1 month ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

no! you have to play a variation of elementary school parachute gym game with the sheets. I'm pretty sure that's the law.

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During this period, millions and millions of postcards circulated, and cats quickly took over the new medium.

At the time, they were considered more than just pest control. Monarchs and socialites, including Queen Victoria, were famous cat lovers, and the animal's association with Halloween was well-established.

Some postcards featured cats just being cats: sipping milk from saucers, playing with yarn, and basking in the sunlight. Others depicted them dressed as humans, working jobs, and taking part in various domestic scenes.

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Ray Ceeya (RayCeeYa)
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1 month ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Ahhh he's trying to share. When a cat brings you something it's because they think us big dumb non-fuzzy cats don't know how to hunt so they bring us things.

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1 month ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

My neighbours must think I'm a monster when they hear me swear at the cats when they 'help' in the kitchen...

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Assistant Professor Jessica Gall Myrick from Indiana University, America, asked 7,000 people how they felt before and after watching videos of cats.

The results showed that people were happier after watching videos of cats, and that they felt less anxious or sad. Something tells me that memes and even postcards have a similar effect.

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1 month ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Reasons why I only buy the one flavour of cat food. It’s the only one all four of them agree on

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1 month ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

My wife often wonders why I only have 20 pictures of her on my phone, but 800 pictures of my cat--as if that's some kind of legitimate question.

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1 month ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Perfect ambush perch. Don't put any toys up there either

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1 month ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Ozzy. Oz. Ozzle. Handsome. Dude. Doodle. Noodle. Mr Fluffypants. Fuzzyface.

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1 month ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

You can never have enough cats. You only have as many as you can support.

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1 month ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

More that they grudgingly allow me a space at the very edge of my double bed, contorted like a cheese twist, wearing one like a hat.

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1 month ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

My cat tries to just casually sidle up to my food. "What, no, I wasn't reaching for your tuna sandwich! I'm just doing some perfectly normal cat stretching here, right in front of your dinner plate. You're so paranoid!"

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1 month ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Yup, I would kick her a*s----I think, maybe not, don't know for sure.

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1 month ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Even when they've been good all day, they find some way to p**s me off before the day ends.

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1 month ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The private detective, Nero Wolfe, had a chief assistant named Archie Goodwin. While working a case, his favorite tipple was milk. Archie could be pretty hard-boiled at times, but he was not a villain.

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1 month ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Outside of a cat, a book is a person's best friend. Inside a cat, it's too hard to read

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1 month ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

"What?! Seriously?! How DARE you! I don't know where your hands have been!"

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1 month ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I don't own any cats but when I am around somebody that has cats and I am sitting down and a car wants me to pet them they will usually either sit or lay just out of my reach expecting me to get up and pet them. I will refuse to do that.

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1 month ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Done it. She doesn’t like it much and I’m sure the neighbours think I’m torturing her but she’s and old girl and grooming is too hard now

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1 month ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Mine have a scratcher made to fit the arm of an armchair or sofa..... And they still scratch RIGHT NEXT TO IT!! :( :(

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1 month ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Oh, I'm sorry. If this is not acceptable you absolutely do not want to hang out with this person.

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