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Three Blue Persian kittens in a basket. Brown Julian Mirrorpix/Newscom. Find it on Newscom: mrpphotos170061

We have all been subjected to YouTube videos, pictures posted by a “friend” on Facebook or those forwarded chain emails. And let’s be honest, they are typically just plain ridiculous … However, they make us laugh, smile, or roll our eyes, and the two minutes it took to view it probably made your day in some way. In my experience, many of these internet sensations seem to involve cats. For whatever reason, cats bring some kind of joy to the human heart (even for the avid dog lovers out there – they’re lying if they say some of these pictures don’t make them smile). Why is this? Well it’s most likely because they are cute, and furry, but they also do some pretty darn funny stuff sometimes.  People also force them to do a lot of silly things. Anything for a good laugh, right? So today we thought we’d share some of our most adorable (and not so adorable) images of cats.

Can someone please explain to me why we are always putting kittens in a basket?

A cat feels its new pink nail wrap,Wuhan,Hubei province,August 17,2009. Fang - CNImaging/Newscom. Find it on Newscom: ciphotos062365

How can you not love this face? Feel free to squee at any point while looking at this blog.

Cat laying in the sun. Scott McKiernan/ZUMA Press/Newscom. Find it on Newscom: zumaphotos063729

Shandy the fat cat - October 1979 sitting upright like a human. msi Mirrorpix/Newscom. Find it on Newscom: mrpphotos083757

Cats are just people … in a furry costume. (PS, read that caption above again. Seriously, do it.)

Bi-Colour long haired February 1989 with yellow eyes. Orbis Publishing/Mirrorpix/Newscom. Find it on Newscom: mrpphotos097643

Why so angry?

Cat amongst the Birds 1960. Mirrorpix/Newscom. Find it on Newscom: mrpphotos078345

Tweety really had nothing to fear with Sylvester. See? Cats and birds can be friends.

Cute kitten sitting in Christmas shoes 1951. Mirrorpix/Newscom. Find it on Newscom: mrpphotos164096

Nothing says Christmas like a couple kittens in red slippers.

Two cats plead for justice - holding onto bars like a prison cell looking to the outside world. Mirrorpix/Newscom. Find it on Newscom: mrpphotos083830

I don’t know what these cats could have done to deserve this…

Two cats lie on a chair in a tight embrace and sleep on Crete, Greece, 22 September 2007. Bernd von Jutrczenka Deutsche Presse-Agentur/Newscom. Find it on Newscom: dpaphotos149731

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