To be a cat lover is to be appreciative of simple pleasures. You take joy in every time a kitty takes a liking to you and understand the great privilege of them choosing to sit on your lap in particular. For a creature that spends an awful lot of its time eating, sleeping, and complaining, it’s amazing how much the average cat can provoke a sense of gratitude.

These days, the wide range of cat memes that we have available to us probably has something to do with it as well. Their entertainment potential knows no bounds, as proven through their endurance and adaptability over the years. We don’t know where feline-focused internet humor is going to wander next, but that’s all part of the magic. We’re just along for the ride when it comes to these crazy critters and their endless ability to be anthropomorphized in ways that are increasingly ridiculous.