Fancy Feast of Feline Feel-Goods That'll Fill Your Heart With Fuzzies (August 1, 2023)

It feels good to pet a cat. For the brief moments that a feline allows you to touch their tummy, a surge of serotonin rushes into your brain and you can feel complete once again. Naturally, that feeling usually gets cut short when your cutie fur-ball turns against you. 'It's been too long, bucko! No more petting! Sounds the alarms! Attack the hooman!'

Your cat might strike back with the force of a thousand knives when you're guard is down, but that doesn't change the way you feel about her. Felines are like a beautiful sea urchin. Round, fluffy, and full of deadly sharp spines that poison you if you get too close. A cat's withdrawn nature and selective loving is what makes them so enticing. How can I resist loving something that only loves me back conditionally? Well, the answer is quite simple. Humans get a thrill when they're chosen by a cat. When a cat lets you touch it or lets you cuddle, that's the cat's way of telling you that they tolerate your presence, which is a rare oddity in the cat community. The fanciest felines draw a hard line when it comes to human contact, so if you're chosen for such an honor, you should be proud. And even if a cat never loves you back, their toe beans, little whiskers, and flicky tails will entice you anyways. Like the parents of a teenager, we love cats no matter what, it's just a perk if they love us back for just a moment.

So if you want to scroll some memes for the 15 minutes that your cat is curled up on your lap, take a gander at the wholesomeness below. It'll make you appreciate your very own Mr. Schnuffalupagus even more than you already do. Want to start every morning with cat memes, shenanigans and cuteness? Sign up to our daily newsletter!