They represent chaos without consequence. Cats represent the internet as an apolitical playground where crazy stuff happens, but one that’s divorced from serious concerns of life. https://youtu.be/Tg7d__thliQ (Earlier version of this tweet had the wrong video clip. We’ve deleted it.)pic.twitter.com/WyXCGCCGYW
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But lately? We’re seeing more and more dogs on the internet. And this tells us something about how the internet itself is changing. Dogs represent this professionalization of the internet. https://youtu.be/Tg7d__thliQ pic.twitter.com/CH7CpXKU7E
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Dogs can be dressed up and made to perform for their audiences in a way that cats just won’t. Maybe it’s not a surprise that we’re also increasingly turning to dog content at a time when social norms are degrading. https://youtu.be/Tg7d__thliQ pic.twitter.com/IJpXjSqWVV
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So, dogs or cats? Who owns the internet? Let us know in the comments:https://youtu.be/Tg7d__thliQ
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"We now take a break from explaining how to be nice to racists, to explore why people like cute animals." Keep up the important work, NYT.
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Nowadays it would be cat videos, but the cat is alt-right and runs a blog that blames the dogs for the lack of mice.
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Not that I don’t appreciate all the cat content, but maybe you can focus on the casual obstruction of justice being carried out over Twitter?
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When mainstream medias talk about memes they seem to be stuck in 2008
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I'm a cat.
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We are cats
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I myself have graduated to baby goat videos.
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Absolute hack of this thread
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Yeah, if you're a sad lonley cat person...
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See
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