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Cats on the internet are over. Done. "Cheezburgers" are off the menu. Play yourself out, Keyboard Cat.
While in years past we've perhaps welcomed the charming cynicism of the likes of Grumpy Cat, it seems people of the internet are now, in stranger times, longing instead for the unconditional and unwavering love of dogs - and I [the BBC's Dave Lee] have the highly subjective data to prove it.
[...] Socialbakers is a company that monitors social media for trends and stats relating to things that are most popular. I got in touch with them about this, and within hours they came back to me with the goods.
For starters, the runaway champion of most popular animal on Facebook is a dog named Boo. He's got more than 17.5m likes, more than double that of his closest competitor, Grumpy Cat.
In third place, Nyan Cat - who isn't even a real cat, for crying out loud.
On Instagram, fine, I'll admit, the top celebrity is a cat. But 2nd, 3rd and 4th place? All dogs. All good dogs.
When it comes to searches on Google, dogs .
But more significant was the historic moment on 3 January 2016, when, for the first time, the term "cute dogs" overtook "funny cats" in global searches.
[...] You could say there's plenty of data out there to suggest that I'm wrong, and that cats are still very much in control. And you'd be right - I found plenty evidence which completely disproves the theory I've outlined here, but I've left it out as I don't care.
There was one piece from Gizmodo in 2015 that suggested there were scientific reasons to why cat memes were more popular online - but to that I say WRONG. Fake meows.
For my part, I tend to prefer pictures of Lego figures or stick people.
(Score: 2) by VLM on Monday January 23 2017, @04:26PM
Cultural decline in cat lady political influence?
I mean, it kinda had to be said...
Time is kinda a fake news site, but they do run headlines like
It's True: Liberals Like Cats More Than Conservatives Do | TIME
A constant Ryan Landry theme is hipsters are leftists and have pets not children so for better or worse the "problem" of white liberals is likely to breed itself right out in a generation or two. Then our Mormon and Amish overlords will take control, which will be interesting, but better than the leftists in charge.
I am not red pilled on the CQ (the Cat Question, otherwise known as the "hairball pill"). The general insinuation is cats are left wing and democrat especially for childless old single women, but dogs are observed to be totally hipster in the white "I'm a better leftist than you" urban crowd that has no kids. Just today I saw a beautiful collie dog being walked by a hipster on the mean streets in the urban jungle about 5 miles from the nearest green space which seems cruel and unusual for both collies (and humans), but whatever.
I wonder if we're at a cultural tipping point where hipster dogs are going to be leftist and cats are for evil James Bond style Republican villains to pet while plotting the destruction of the planet by really big laser beams. Cats do seem kinda right wing if you see how they play with their prey you can see one giving a dissident a helicopter ride while dogs much like leftists mostly attack in packs and victims are worried about blood borne diseases. Also the quiet right wing cat, like ceiling cat, is the one to worry about, whereas the louder a left wing, uh, female dog, barks the less dangerous the dog is.
Truly we need a good political analysis by a based SN participant on the topic of the "hairball pill" aka the CQ.
I didn't get much sleep last night so this is going to be one of those great posting days, I can tell already. After 30 or so hours the only way I can continue to stay awake is to shitpost.
(Score: 4, Funny) by Runaway1956 on Monday January 23 2017, @05:04PM
There is simply to much thought put into dogs. Dogs are man's best friend for a reason. We tend to think alike. If you can't eat it, fuck it. If you can't fuck it, piss on it. Those of us who do have higher thoughts, envy the dogs for their simple outlook on life.
(Score: 4, Touché) by Azuma Hazuki on Monday January 23 2017, @06:34PM
And those of us who don't...say shit like that, right?
I am "that girl" your mother warned you about...
(Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Monday January 23 2017, @06:58PM
Azuma - I can't speak for those of you who don't. And, if I even tried, it would be presumptuous of me to do so.
(Score: 2) by Azuma Hazuki on Monday January 23 2017, @11:01PM
You missed it, Runaway...on purpose, I suspect. You really ought not admit so readily that your animal urges occupy so much of your headspace.
I am "that girl" your mother warned you about...
(Score: 3, Funny) by Azuma Hazuki on Monday January 23 2017, @06:35PM
So from your last few sentences, I am to understand that you have not slept since 1973...?
I am "that girl" your mother warned you about...