In it for the Squee

In a world as hectic as this one, all we crave is some pure wholesomeness in the form of cat memes. 

Everything moves so fast around us nowadays. Our jobs, the people we know and love, the news cycle. Everything seems to be moving too fast. Only one thing in our lives remains steady, and it is the only thing that really matters. It is our escape from the real world. Something positive - purely pawsitive - that takes nothing and only gives. We are, of course, talking about funny cat memes. 

If there is one thing that we can count on when it comes to the internet, it is a steady supply of hilarious cat memes. No matter what is going on in the world, no matter what is happening in people's individual lives, they will always - and we mean always find time to make memes and share memes. It is the best thing about the internet and probably one of the only reasons that we haven't completely lost our minds yet. We are simple people, craving wholesomeness in a world that sensationalizes everything but, and scrolling through silly cat memes on the internet is where we get our fix. 

Dog owners spend months, maybe even years, researching breeds and preparing their home for a dog; alternatively, cat lovers stumble upon a stray kitty by the dumpster one day and decide to take them home. 

We are not the same.

Cat owners don't want to come off as superior or anything like that, but when it comes to pets, cats are clearly the ideal. There's no contest. There's no need to take them outside during a blizzard; they make biscuits on your lap when they're cozy, and they purr in your ear when it's time to go to bed. As a cat lover, life is good when you have a kitty in your life. 

One minute it's a cat. The next minute it's a perfectly frosted spiral of fluff.

Some cats don't nap. They bake. The second they tuck their paws in and wrap their tails around their noses, they turn into purrfect little cinnamon rolls sitting fresh out of an imaginary oven. Their fur twists into soft spirals, ears disappear, and suddenly there's just a round, fluffy pastry breathing slowly on the couch. If someone told you it smelled like sugar in the room, it wouldn't feel impossible.

When a cat curls up like this, the whole space gets quieter. Everything slows to match their tiny, steady breaths. The outside world can keep doing whatever it's doing, but the cinnamon roll remains committed to rest. It's a full-body decision. Paws gone. Face tucked. Roll sealed. They look warm enough to toast your hands on.

Watching them stay that perfectly round feels like being let in on a secret skill humans never mastered. Cats know how to shut down properly. No half-naps. No checking notifications. Just pure, uninterrupted loafing in pastry form.

Enjoy these adorable moments while sipping a warm cup of coffee and letting the morning stretch out a little longer. A cinnamon-roll cat snoozing nearby turns an ordinary day into a slow one, the kind built for blankets, quiet light, and absolutely no rush to be anywhere else.

The noise complaint turned into a rescue mission.

On the hottest day of the year, a tiny kitten was crying from inside a bush outside a workplace and absolutely refusing to be ignored. A neighbor complained about the noise. Security came to check. Security happened to be a mom who took one look at the situation and decided that kitten was not staying there. A quick phone call to her daughter followed. she someone want a kitten? A yes came instantly. Within hours, the little bush baby was on the way to the vet and on the way home.

She weighed under a pound and barely looked real, more like a handful of fur than a full cat. At roughly four weeks old she needed bottle feedings around the clock. Her first bed was a lizard bed because nothing else fit. The name Munchkin stuck at first, not just for her size but because she looked like a tiny mixed box of candy. Later she became Piper, or Pip, once she was big enough to confirm she was a girl.

Now Pip is eleven pounds of pure house cat confidence. She curls around feet like a personal heater and chases laser dots with serious dedication. Before drinking water she crosses her paws neatly, like she's following a ritual only she understands. She even outgrew the elder cat in the house. The bush kitten who screamed for help is gone. In her place is a spoiled, happy cat who knows exactly where she belongs.

Would you choose your pet over a partner? The woman here has had this cat for nearly 10 years – she's not parting ways with her anytime soon. 

The woman is clear and firm in her boundaries. She's had this cat since the cat was 7 weeks old, they've been together for a decade, and that type of bond is stronger than romantic relationships. She's been with her boyfriend for four years, which is also a lot of time and energy invested. They knew in the beginning what they were getting into. He knew she had a cat, and she knew he had a cat allergy, but they chose to move in together anyway. Read the full story below for all the details. 

The soul, the essence, sometimes needs comfort and quiet amongst life's trials and tribulations, and that's exactly what these cat memes will provide. 

Cats breathe a sense of structure and safety into our lives. It's soothing to be next to an animal, feel its breathing, hear its inhales and exhales as you breathe together and form a bond. There's something soothing about cats in their essence. They can be calm, quiet, collected. You approach them and hear that delightful low-purr humming as you pet them in their sleepy state. Though they're not always like this, they still instill a sense of calm and quiet into us. Their love is undeniable, and their essence breathes life into us. In Aristotle's On the Soul (De Anima), the soul is thought to be the essence of a person. It's not their physical, material body that gives them form, but through the soul. It's not a substance that exists independently of the body, but gives the body function and structure. 

There's a distinction between a plant soul, an animal soul, and a human soul, according to him. Plant souls are nutritive souls responsible for growth. Animals are both nutritive souls and sensitive souls, allowing them to experience perception, desire, and movement. And a human soul is what he calls a rational soul – the ability to think, reason, and reflect. It's a philosophical explanation of the hierarchy of ecosystems.  

Though Aristotle thinks the human soul and the cat soul have a differentiation, the we can still have a strong soul bond with our pets. Scroll these calming cat memes for some pawdorable sleepy vibes that swing your soul together with your feline love. 

You might have thought that with all the many muscles that cats have to hear and respond to our cries, that they would be great communicators. But as you'll find amongst the lines of this story, that could not be further from the truth.

You know how there are those funny signs with warnings that obviously come from a unique incident carried out by some sort of unique idiot? Well, this story is the feline equivalent of that. A tale of a cat who decides to play hide and seek with the sole intention of getting under his cat mom's skin by hiding under the house. A pitiful prank that almost resulted in the pawrent risking life and limb to check if the idiot cat had gotten stuck on the roof.

Now sure you might be right in thinking that such a story sounds familiar, and there is one that does compare - the boy who cried wolf. And while it is true that this cat child will not be believed the next time that something like this happens, in the original story there is nothing about the boy rubbing it in the town's people's faces that there was no wolf…