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icanhascheezburger_feedStray cats are often scrawny, underfed, and crazed for just the smolest taste of delicious tuna.
But once they find their place in their furever homes, stray cats have a way of indulging in little luxuries, begging for a second breakfast, a little treat, or even a bite of the hooman's pizza. The gluttony of feline prowess knows no bounds, especially after a kitty has lived on the streets, knowing nothing but hunger and desire for many moons.
icanhascheezburger_feedThis roommate situation has officially gone off the rails… and possibly off the lease. They both agreed to a no-pets policy for a reason, and cat allergies aren't just a mild inconvenience. Sneezing, itching, wheezing, living like that daily is no small hissteria.
So when Lily waltzed in with a surprise emotional support cat and declared the rules no longer apply? That's where things got whisker-twisty. Emotional support animals can be a legitimate need, but that doesn't cancel out someone else's health needs or give a free pass to break the lease without a conversation.
It's one thing to need support. It's another to completely ignore boundaries, go full stealth-mode with a furball, and then cry foul when asked to find a compromise. That kind of cattitude is bound to spark tension in any shared living space.
It's about coexisting. And right now, one person's needs (and sinuses) are being trampled while a sneaky new roommate prowls the halls. Someone's got to step up and set things straight before this apartment turns into a full-on cat-astrophe.
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icanhascheezburger_feedFrom first-class train rides to skateboard cruisin' and bicycle basket tours, today's cats are proving that travel isn't just for hoomans. It's a whole meowvement. These whiskered wanderers are pawsitively redefining what it means to travel in style.
Some felines prefer the fast track, catching views from the window seat of a high-speed train, clearly living their best commewter life. Others opt for low-to-the-ground luxury, hitching rides on skateboards like four-legged Tony Pawks, mastering ollies with a casual flick of the tail. And don't overlook the basket-riders curled up on the front of a bicycle like they're starring in their own indie film called Purr & Pedal, ears flapping softly in the breeze.
You'll spot them in pet strollers, sidecars, even strapped snugly into backpacks like furry astronauts ready for launch. Whether they're rocking goggles, tiny harnesses, or just a tail blowing in the wind, one thing's fur sure. These cats are going places.
They're winning hearts, collecting head pats, inspiring wanderlust, and racking up the miles as the true travel influencers of the animal kingdom.
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icanhascheezburger_feedCats are experts at going stealth mode, especially when it comes to hiding in plain sight. They'll squeeze themselves into the tiniest spots. On top of bookshelves, behind curtains, or curled up in a basket, thinking they're completely invisible. Little do they know, their fluffy tails or twitching whiskers often give them away! It's like they believe they have a magical "purrfect invisibility cloak" that only they can see.
They'll stare at you with those big, innocent eyes, convinced they're the masters of disguise, while you're clearly watching their every move. Sometimes they hide behind a door or under the couch, thinking they're the sneakiest ninja in the house, but their loud purring or sudden tail flicks ruin the whole act.
These stealthy furballs are always ready to pounce on their prey or just escape any unwanted attention. Though they rarely realize they're actually the stars of the show. So next time your cat "disappears," remember they might be hiding in plain sight, practicing their hide and seek skills!
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icanhascheezburger_feedThis is it, we are almost home free, free from work, free from responsibility, free from the shackles that have held us tied to our desks for the last week. But it has been no easy task getting to this point and there still lies a decently long road ahead which is not what we want to hear when we are tireder than a cat who fell asleep on a fence post.
But lucky for you, there is good news, and that is that we have a fresh batch of feline funnies lined up for your viewing pleasure to boost your mood and give you the motivation to keep on trucking for a few more hours. By harnessing the wholesome power of our feline fur babies you will be able to focus (without the use of a thinking cat), hold conversations (without randomly hissing at horrible people) and most important of all, you will be able to keep up appearances at work.
icanhascheezburger_feedLet's start by saying that all cats deserve to be adopted into loving homes. No doubt about it, there's no question here. But the sad truth is that some cats are adopted much faster than others. Kittens are adopted much faster than adult cats, and other fur colors are adopted much faster than black cats, for example. It's reality. We know every cat is equal, and deserves love and affection in the same way, but some cats need more help getting adopted than others.
This is why we love it when such kind people adopt these cats and give them a chance. This is why it's so important when this hearty hooman adopted this sweet senior cat. Being a 14-year-old cat means she's a very old lady, which means living in a shelter is not the optimal life for her (and for any cat, but you understand what we mean). But once the shelter workers told this person she had been there the longest of any cat, he decided to adopt this fluffy feline.
It warmed hearts all around, and also here. When we read this story, our hearts were all warm and fuzzy - but when the rest of the online feline family shared their own stories of adopting senior cats, our hearts completely melted.
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If you know me, you know one thing I complain about a lot (and probably more than any sane person should) is the use of licensed music in animated movies. I especially hate the use of licensed music in Illumination studio movies. Though, I can recognize that I am biased because I hate Illumination as a whole and dislike 93.3% of their movies (I did the math).
There is one movie, though, in which I find the licensed music to not only be tolerable, but enjoyable. Megamind is the only movie where licensed music is absolutely essential throughout the film, and integral to the very character of Megamind himself.
Megamind is a flashy, theatrical villain who is in it for the love of the game. He lives for the showmanship and flamboyant performances that are the fights between him and Metro Man. As he says in the final fight of the movie, the difference between a villain and a supervillain is presentation. And you can see this ideal of his throughout the film.
In the first interaction with Roxanne Ritchi, where she has been kidnapped and is in Megamind’s evil lair, he unveils all these supervillain-esque devices to her in hopes to come across as a threatening villain. There’s alligators, spikes, a disc blade sort of thing, a mini gun, even a flamethrower. She is impressed by none of it, of course, and his confidence deflates as she mocks him. She also asks where they get all their blinky dials and Tesla coils, to which Minion responds that they come from an outlet store in Romania.
As we can see from this exchange, Megamind goes out of his way to aesthetically meet the requirements of being a villain. So much so that he even buys fake equipment from overseas to look professional. Essentially, he has props. Because he’s a theater kid!
Megamind is obsessed with the pageantry of heroes and villains. We can see this in the exchanges he has with Metro Man and their “witty” banter about microwave warranties. He loves it so much that when he is training Hal to be a superhero, he specifically tries to teach him how to have that same back-and-forth like Metro Man did with him. Even during their first fight, Megamind says “Now it’s time for some witty back-and-forth banter!”
Right before this fight, Megamind accuses Hal of being “unprofessional” and that Metro Man would’ve never kept him waiting, because he was a pro. Hal isn’t “professional” enough for Megamind, and when Hal catches him after their fight and says he’s going to kill him, Megamind says “that isn’t how you play the game.” Proof that Megamind sees this all as a big stage play. It’s a game to him, and one he loves and takes great care in making sure all of the details and specifics are just right and fit his ideal narrative perfectly.
In this same vein, Megamind is obsessed with perfecting his outfit, the Black Mamba, for his first fight with Hal. He wants his costume to look good for his big battle. For what is a good show without the costuming department? In the beginning of the movie, he intentionally points out that he’s wearing custom baby seal leather boots just to prove to everyone he is the bad guy. Look how evil he is, see how dastardly Megamind is. He’s obsessed with painting this picture of himself that presents himself as heinous and diabolical.
Which is exactly why all of the licensed music in this movie fits Megamind perfectly. More often than not, he is the one actually playing the music out loud. When he takes over Metro City, he tells Minion to “hit it” and plays “Highway to Hell” on a big boom box that Minion carries around. He proceeds to dance to it, and makes his smoke show entrance to city hall while it plays. For his final fight with Hal, he plays “Welcome to the Jungle” out loud and creates a huge smoke and light show with his Brain Bots. This is the part where he proclaims “presentation!” is the key to super villain. At the end of the movie, he plays “Bad” on an even bigger boom box and him and Roxanne dance to it.
The point here is that his music choices are intentional. The songs are tools that serve his purpose of painting himself as an iconic, nefarious villain. The licensed music isn’t just thrown in, it’s part of the world and a part of Megamind himself. It is intentional. And it works.
God, I love Megamind.
Do you like Megamind? Do you hate licensed music as much as I do, or am I just obsessed with something niche? Should I talk about why Despicable Me is the only good Illumination movie? Let me know in the comments, and have a great day!
-AMS
icanhascheezburger_feedWe hope you're feline purrfectly fine today, feline fam. If you had to ask us, we could easily divide the world into two different types of people - cat people, and not cat people. Now, there are some not cat people who are actually cat people, they just don't know it yet. But for the ones who are truly not cat people, there is noe chance of us ever being in a loving, committed relationship with them. It's a red flag for us. We don't want to change who we are to be with someone else, and we shouldn't have to.
One of the things we pawsitively love most about our lives is our relationship with our cats. They are our children, our companions, our best friends. So we could never be with someone who doesn't see them the same way that we do. And if they don't, that's a problem - just like what happened in the story below. One husband still resents his wife 5 years later after she convinced him to get two cats, and now, he's contemplating divorce. Read through the juicy drama below!
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icanhascheezburger_feedWe… don't know what we would do if we lost even one of our cats. And if you're a fan of ours here at I Can Has Cheezburger, you know that we don't often find ourselves with not much to say. Our cats are our whole world. We even plan our vacations so that we won't be gone from them for too long. But we live a purrfectly privileged life to be able to do so. Not everyone is so lucky - and sometimes, life happens whether you want it to or not.
There were many lost animals during the Los Angeles wildfire that displaced thousands of lives and disrupted many more. All seemed lost for them, despite the hard, around-the-clock work of firefighters and animal rescue teams. But this video below reminds us to never give up hope. After thinking she lost her cat furrever when fleeing from her home, this elderly woman just got the most heartbreaking reunion after her cat was miraculously found and returned to her. Watch the whole heartwarming video below!
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icanhascheezburger_feedAll cats have some things in common, we acknowledge that as cat owners. All cats sleep a lot, all cats love to appear out of nowhere and spook their owners sometimes, and every once in a while, all cats go demon-mode and start running around the house as if they are being chased by ghosts. And still, each and every cat is special and unique in its own way. Some cats just happen to be a little more visually unique than others.
Just like humans, cats are sometimes born with conditions that make them look a little bit different. We have seen cats born with four ears instead of two - which just means that they have two pairs of ears to ignore you with. We have seen a cat that was born with two noses and is living its life purrfectly happily being able to smell hidden snacks twice as quickly. And of course, we have seen some cats with stunning eye colors - things that you would not even think were pawssible. On that note: everyone, meet Rufio.
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icanhascheezburger_feedSometimes you make a mistake, but it still gets you the correct answer. Like when you do all the work in a math question, but every number along the way is wrong and you're not even doing the right thing, and yet you still got the right answer. Was it luck or are you secretly a genius and just discovered a new way to math? Most likely the luck one, because math is hard…
In the case of this itty bitty kitten, she might have gone to the wrong doctor's office, but she still ended up finding the exact kind of doctor she needed! This sick little baby waltz on into the waiting room of a human hospital clinic. She was meowing her little head off and everybody was ignoring her—except one person. A lady who was waiting patiently for her appointment. This lady, however, wasn't just any 'ole body, she was a veterinarian! She immediately recognized the cries for help and didn't hesitate to come to the rescue.
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icanhascheezburger_feedOh, cat pawrents. It was a difficult mission to catch your attention. But we understand, obviously, as cat pawrents ourselves. All we want to see, hear, smell, and give attention to - is our cat. We want to pet our cat all day, we want to hear the cat's soft purrs, we want to cuddle this floofy creature. So, yeah, it was difficult to get you all the way here, and away from your cat for a second. But your cat's asleep, so you can be for a second a general feline fanatic fan and not just of your cat.
It's not like you're leaving your cat - your cat is probably still on your lap, or literally by your side. You can enjoy some cat comedy while you wait for your cat to wake up from their 16-hour nap. It's okay. We got you covered. There are plenty of comical cat memes to fill this feline time with. All you need to do is to scroll down for them.
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icanhascheezburger_feedCats are low-maintenance pets, right? That's what everyone says about them, at least. And that's true to an extent. Most of the time, cats just nap adorably and snack and meow and don't do much. And even during their crazier moment, when your cat suddenly decides to cause chaos out of nowhere and for no particular reason, then… well, that doesn't happen all that often. But it's not true that they are easy pets to have. Having a pet - no matter what pet it is - comes with responsibilities. And emergencies happen.
You have to understand this before adopting a cat. You have to be prepared for the fact that there might be some unexpected expenses sometimes - things beyond food and litter. If that knowledge makes you second guess getting a cat, that's fine, but once you have the cat, there is no place for second guessing. Cats are part of the family, and when they have medical emergencies, you can't just ignore it because it might be an unexpected expense.
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icanhascheezburger_feedWe're cat-ifying our selfies to ensure that they are 100000x cuter. Our felines are giving us the purrrfect poses and pouts (and they're even including some of their furry friends). This was a genre we never knew we needed—and yet, we now couldn't imagine our lives without it. I mean, this is surely why iPhones were invented, right?
Let us test you right here, right meow. Take five seconds to try to think of something more adorable than a cat taking a selfie. Nope, nothing. That's okay, we expected these results for our little experiment and would never want to leave our readers disappointed.
So, after much consideration (actually, none at all—lol), we have compiled for you, our beautiful little cat lovers, the perfect combination of selfies. From squad goals to tourist snaps, we've got you covered. Now, we thought our selfie game was fairly strong, but after scrolling through 1,485,730,000 cat pictures, we're starting to doubt ourselves. I guess that was our fault because comparing oneself to a kitten in a bow tie is a losing game.
scalziwhatever_feedObviously, to commemorate the passing of Brian Wilson, one of the great pop songwriters of this or any other era. This cover is a rather pale imitation of many different versions of this song, not withstanding the Beach Boys’ own version, but it is also a perfect song, able to withstand me essaying it. I produced it to sound like what you might hear if it came on a transistor radio, which I think is fitting for the song and its era. Enjoy.
— JS
icanhascheezburger_feedHave you ever seen a cat loafing around and thought, "That's one purrfect loaf of bread"? When cats tuck their paws under their bodies and morph into a compact, fluffy lump, they resemble the cutest bakery creation ever. These "cat loaves" are a staple in the feline world, a true knead-to-know phenomenon! Some might say they're bready for a nap, while others are just toasting in a sunbeam, rising slowly like a warm sourdough on a lazy Sunday morning.
Each loaf has its own flavor: from tabby rye to calico challah, and of course, the classic white bread kitty. Don't try to slice these loaves, though! They're full of pawsitivity and just a whisker away from pouncing! They might knead some attention, or maybe they're just biscuit-making in their dreams.
No matter how you slice it, cats are the ultimate gluten-free, attitude-packed, nap-optimized bundles of fluff. Next time you see a cat loafing, remember you've just spotted a rare, wild meownana bread in its natural habitat. Pawsitively delicious!
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