The Things My Friends Say!

Chicken soup for the soul is so 2000s. The only thing our souls crave right now is cat memes.

Who has the time to make chicken soup anymore? Not us. We're working pawrents with no time to cook soup from scratch when we need something to feel better. We have about 30 seconds in between projects, deadlines, trying to get 6+ hours of sleep, the gym, and having some semblance of a social life. No, homemade chicken soup is just not in the cards anymore. But we still need something to cure our souls when we're feeling down, and we're throwing out the crockpot for something more instant. Something more like cat memes.

No more blowing on your bites so you don't burn your tongue, there's no risk of harm when feline funnies are involved. They give us that instant serotonin supply that our brains so desperately need, all while making us laugh from how relatable they all are. And unlike soup, we can't get enough of them. We could consume bowl, after bowl, after bowl of memes and it still wouldn't be enough. And the best part is, you can get your purrfect portion of memes whenever you need, without having to go to the fridge, take out the pot of soup, heat some up, etc, etc.

We have nothing against chicken soup. We love it, but it just doesn't work for us the way it worked for our parents. Times may be changing, but one thing will never change: cat memes reign supreme on the internet and in our lives.

There is something undeniably captivating about green-eyed cats, the way their gaze seems both calm and deeply mysterious at the same time. These felines do not just look at you, they study you, holding eye contact like they know more than they are letting on. Each stare feels intense, almost hypnotic, as if you have been momentarily pulled into their world. It is equal parts beautiful and slightly unsettling in the best way. Once you meet their eyes, looking away suddenly feels like the harder option

Sometimes all it takes is one moment outside for everything to change.

Some days are just off. Nothing is really wrong, but nothing feels right either. This rescuer didn't plan to sit outside for lunch, but the weather was nice, so it happened anyway. That's when the cat showed up. Just sitting there, watching. He was thin and a little rough looking, but calm.

He walked by, kept his distance, and that seemed like the end of it. But a few hours later, he was back, this time right up on the deck like he had made a decision. One can of food later and he was fully committed, eating like he had been waiting for this exact moment. Sneezing, clearly under the weather, but still gentle and friendly.

He curled up on the blanket and stayed overnight. By morning, with the rain and colder weather, leaving him outside didn't feel right. He moved into the garage, safe and out of the weather, while a vet appointment got set up.

Now he is still thin, still recovering, but already showing his purrsonality. Very affectionate, very happy to be there, like he knows he landed somewhere good. Mr. Bingley showed up at the right time and made himself at home.

Some people adopt a cat. But some people just live their lives, and cats keep appearing out of thin air, demanding to be adopted. That's the wholesome story of one woman who keeps adopting cats who keep coming to her door, and finding their forever home with her.

When people wish to adopt a cat, the Cat Distribution System always takes note. It might take them time to find you the right feline fit, and it might also take such a short time you'd be surprised. But when the CDS decides to send a cat your way, you'll know. And when it sends another… and another… and another… Well, you get the sense of it. Some people can't keep up, but the ones who do win a loving feline-filled family.

We're not saying that all people are in "danger" of becoming a Crazy Cat Lady just by accepting a floofy CDS delivery. But we're not saying that the road there can't be paved by the Cat Distribution System doing what it does best - distributing cats in need wherever their needs can be met. And apparently, this one lady's home was exactly where three beautiful cats found what they needed, one by one, in the course of eight months.

Do you think you could handle three adoptions in less than a year? We're not sure that just anyone could handle this amount of Cat™ entering their lives so quickly. But when the CDS know, they know… especially when it comes to what every human can handle. And this one adopted all the cats who came to her, hungry and meowing. And this third one prompted her to tell the amazing story of how all three cats found their forever home right where she lives.

See a cat, save a cat. 

Cat lovers see felines outside all the time, but oftentimes the jingle of a bell or the colorful glimpse of a kitty collar deters them from kissing that cat on the forehead on site and taking them home in a satchel. It takes everything in a cat lover's willpower to leave an outdoor kitten in their wake, even if they know the cat has a loving home awaiting their return. But when a cat seems like they're being left out in the cold (literally), the intrusive thoughts creep in. 

Purrhaps this cat needs a new pawrent, one that loves them to the mew'n and back. 

There's a reason that the Cat Distribution System seems to target the cat loving community with the lowest inhibitions. Cat lovers can't be expected to be rational when it comes to outdoor cats, because when a kitty repeatedly visits your window, meows on your fence, and slurps up the water left in the bowl for them outside, it really makes you wonder if they're getting the love and affection they deserve from their home base. 

This cat lover's better judgement took over after watching the comings and goings of the apartment complex's outdoor cat for several months. Over the course of the winter, and after constructing a well-inhabited outdoor kitty box on their balcony, this neighbor decided that the sweet, outdoor cat in their complex deserved better than their technical owner's care. Sure, they had a human being who brought them into this neighborhood, but this cat lover was determined to bring them out of the cold and into a warm, loving home.

Even if that meant staging a well-calculated catnapping. 

In a single moment, this woman's life changed forever. She opened her door to throw out her trash, and out of nowhere, a pregnant cat came running straight into her house. 

When we say that cats choose their humans rather than the other way around, it's instances like this story that we point at. Of course, some people adopt their cats from shelters, and that is amazing. They walk in there with the express intention of adopting a feline, and sometimes, they are even lucky enough to get chosen by a kitty on the day that they want it to happen. 

For most of us, though, it does not work this way. Most of us get adopted at the most unexpected time and place possible. Cats follow us home and adopt us like that. Cats pop up out of nowhere, forcing us to rescue them from strange and scary situations, choosing us by forcing us to bond with them intensely and instantly. And some cats… some cats don't even wait around for you to leave your house. They see where you live, they know that it looks cozy and nice in there, and, as the kitty in this story proves, the second that the door opens, they run in and make themselves at home. 

There are two things purrfectly unnatural about cats: their number of lives, and their overwhelming cuteness.

Do you know where the phrase of cats having 9 lives comes from? We can tell you that it doesn't come from any one place, but a mixture of several parts of cats' history that made up this mythology. Firstly, cats are pawsitively resilient. They can fall from high places and often survive, they're agile, fast, and excellent at escaping danger, and can recover from injuries that harm other animals. We've seen our cat run headfirst into a glass door at full speed, shake itself off, and continue as if nothing happened. To be fair, though, the cat was orange, so there's not much to damage in that tiny little head of his anyway.

Secondly, as cats will never let us furget, cats were seen as sacred and god-like in ancient Egypt. This helped give them their supernatural mystique, making them all the more mythical in our hooman brains. And we can't not talk about cats being witches' familiars, and what witch doesn't want eternal life for her and her best four-legged friend?

Cats may not really have nine lives, but they do send us into a cuteness overload every time we see them. From their little head bonks of love to falling asleep in between our legs, to the slow blinks that say "I love you" without words, cats just make our lives worth living. No matter what kind of day you're having, as long as you have some wholesome feline posts, you can feel like you've got at least 8 more lives to enjoy all that awwdorableness. 

We're glad that cats are so sturdy because it means we can bask in their purrfect presence for just a little bit longer. Scroll down to see all the wholesomely cute kitties we found that are sure to make you feline fine by the end.

It is a known fact that all orange cats have 1 brain cell… collectively. 

All cats are unique, that is true. White cats are clouds made of marshmallows floating around in our houses. Black cats are meowgical, and anyone who says otherwise has never met a black cat. Sphynx cats have shapeshifting abilities. Sometimes, they look like cats. Other times, they look like boiled chicken. And yes, the catmouflage does confuse you sometimes. Every kind of cat has sometimes. And then, there are orange cats. 

Ginger cats are at the top of the list of unique cats whose attributes people know about. Not everyone knows about the meowgical abilities of black cats or the shapeshifting abilities of sphynxes, but basically everyone in the online cat world knows that ginger cats… are different. They have their smart moments, of course. Every once in a while, they will dazzle you with their brilliance. Those times are the times that they are in control of The Brain Cell. The one brain cell that all orange cats share, it moves around between all of them. You can never prepare for when your cat will have that moment. It will always catch you by surprise. If the moment ever comes. But those are not the moments that we are interested in. We care about all the rest. Scroll down and let the hilarity ensue.