Need Cat Videos

sligett thought this was worth mentioning said Mon, Nov 21st 2016 at 1:44pm ET

I have been sending Cat Videos to colleagues at a school I work in. I do this mid-day on Fridays, to help folks make it thru the last hours of the week. Some people have been amused by this.

So far I have been using videos that I’ve stumbled across, largely in these forums. I understand that there are many cat videos on the Internet, and I could search them out. However, I would rather select from a curated list. Could you please put your favorite cat videos in this thread?

Thank you.

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narfcake said Mon, Nov 21st 2016 at 1:55pm ET:

Cats … on the internet? Well that’s unheard of …

http://shirt.woot.com/offers/greetings-from-the-internet

http://shirt.woot.com/offers/the-internet-defined

http://shirt.woot.com/offers/cats-greatest-invention

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ConAndLibrarian said Mon, Nov 21st 2016 at 2:05pm ET:

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- @conandlibrarian Woo! Just look at you go!
  
  compunaut said Mon, Nov 21st 2016 at 2:26pm ET
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f00l said Mon, Nov 21st 2016 at 2:26pm ET:

@sligett

If you are serious, go to YouTube and search for “cat”. You won’t run out soon.

Also google for the “Cat Video Awards”.

Start here:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_Cat_Video_Festival

Or start here:
https://m.youtube.com/user/HenriLeChatNoir

All Henri’s vids are worthy.

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- @f00l More serious than about Speaker Robots. Specifically, the search on YouTube is what I want to avoid. Thanks for your pointers!
  
  sligett said Tue, Nov 22nd 2016 at 8:58am ET
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ELUNO said Mon, Nov 21st 2016 at 2:35pm ET:

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- @ELUNO
  
  ELUNO said Mon, Nov 21st 2016 at 2:41pm ET
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- @ELUNO you responded to her eHarmony profile, right?
  
  RiotDemon said Mon, Nov 21st 2016 at 2:50pm ET
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- @ELUNO
  Flakey as all get out, but a huge improvement over many Wall Street bound MBA’s - the type who go all sentimental and teary when they imagine themselves robbing all the grandmothers and grandfathers and orphans in the world.
  
  f00l said Mon, Nov 21st 2016 at 2:54pm ET
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- @RiotDemon If only she had this enthusiasm for tarantulas…
  
  ELUNO said Mon, Nov 21st 2016 at 3:04pm ET
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- @ELUNO
  Cats can have that kinda enthusiasm for tarantulas. Tho it can be kinda a “love 'em and leave 'em” approach from the kitty side.
  
  f00l said Mon, Nov 21st 2016 at 4:24pm ET
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- @f00l So I should marry a cat?!
  
  ELUNO said Mon, Nov 21st 2016 at 5:24pm ET
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- @ELUNO
  
  I know just the cat for you.
  
  PlacidPenguin said Mon, Nov 21st 2016 at 5:29pm ET
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- @PlacidPenguin !!! Do go on…
  
  ELUNO said Mon, Nov 21st 2016 at 6:14pm ET
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- @ELUNO
  
  Nah. I don’t want to put the cat in the horrible (yet funny) predicament scenario of having to turn you down.
  
  PlacidPenguin said Mon, Nov 21st 2016 at 9:39pm ET
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- @PlacidPenguin Aww
  
  ELUNO said Mon, Nov 21st 2016 at 10:03pm ET
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- @PlacidPenguin
  @ELUNO
  The cat would enjoy that funny yet horrible predicament.
  
  /giphy "cat rejection"
  
  f00l said Tue, Nov 22nd 2016 at 2:29am ET
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- @PlacidPenguin Maybe a cougar?
  
  sligett said Tue, Nov 22nd 2016 at 9:04am ET
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- @ELUNO I can give you a recipe for cooking tarantulas if that would make you happy…
  
  Kidsandliz said Fri, Feb 10th 2017 at 11:36pm ET
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RiotDemon said Mon, Nov 21st 2016 at 2:41pm ET:

/youtube sad cat diary

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- @RiotDemon Aw. Thanks!
  
  sligett said Tue, Nov 22nd 2016 at 9:08am ET
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RiotDemon said Mon, Nov 21st 2016 at 2:52pm ET:

I like these cartoons.
/youtube Simon’s cat

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- @RiotDemon Yes Simon’s cat cartoons are great!!
  
  Kidsandliz said Mon, Nov 21st 2016 at 9:00pm ET
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f00l said Mon, Nov 21st 2016 at 3:00pm ET:

From Time Inc

Developer Outsources Job to China so He Can Watch Cat Videos

http://newsfeed.time.com/2013/01/17/developer-outsources-job-to-china-so-he-can-watch-cat-videos/

Warning, he got caught. Prob would have gotten caught anyway. But he was almost at a “please catch me” level of carelessness.

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- @f00l This guy is my new hero! Paying someone else 1/6 of your salary to do all your work while you surf Reddit, Facebook, and cat vids? Genius! They should have promoted him.
  
  2many2no said Mon, Nov 21st 2016 at 6:20pm ET
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  Hmmm. I think the basic idea was that he outsourced his work -
  and violated his contract -
  and violated his company’s security arrangement with their clients -
  and lied to everyone -
  and left obvious traffic from China (he could have communicated with them and collected their outsourced code at home and loaded it himself or something - he could have tried) -
  he fedexed his security credentials to an unknown Chinese company -
  he watched videos all day -
  and best of all, he left the subcontract invoices on the hard drive at work. !!!
  
  Among other issues.
  Did he wear a t-shirt that said “catch me” also?
  
  Not a winning plan. The article I read at the time the story hit indicated that the Chinese firm had provided excellent quality code. Of course none of it could be used without some sort of extreme audit, if at all. The company may have had to kill a lot of other possibly tampered or copied code and compromised architecture also and just start over.
  
  I hope the employing company re-thought their security ground-up.
  
  I imagine “Bob’s” career trajectory took a turn of some sort.
  
  f00l said Mon, Nov 21st 2016 at 6:32pm ET
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- @f00l Oh, I see the company’s point of view in this case, and I’m pretty sure he wasn’t rewarded in any positive way for what he did.
  
  But sometimes if you want to find the most efficient way to do something, you assign it to the laziest person around to find out what shortcuts and work-arounds they’ll devise. Maybe you can’t use all of the ideas (for various reasons), but any efficiencies derived are a bonus, and it’s way cheaper than hiring a “consultant.”
  
  2many2no said Tue, Nov 22nd 2016 at 2:25am ET
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narfcake said Mon, Nov 21st 2016 at 3:22pm ET:

/youtube maru

/youtube lil’ bub

/youtube ninja cat

/youtube john st. catvertising

/youtube barking cat

/youtube goat cat

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- @narfcake (my) goat cat
  
  Kidsandliz said Mon, Nov 21st 2016 at 9:51pm ET
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- @narfcake I used the first one (Maru) today, thanks.
  
  sligett said Fri, Feb 10th 2017 at 2:53pm ET
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Barney said Mon, Nov 21st 2016 at 9:44pm ET:

I found the perfect owner for the cat in the picture thingy of this thread:

Mandy!

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- @Barney
  
  YOU MONSTER!
  
  /8ball Was that over the top evil?
  Most likely
  
  narfcake said Mon, Nov 21st 2016 at 10:26pm ET
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- @narfcake
  
  /8ball Am I right?
  Cannot predict now
  
  Barney said Mon, Nov 21st 2016 at 10:29pm ET
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- /8ball Coward.
  Outlook not so good
  
  Barney said Mon, Nov 21st 2016 at 10:30pm ET
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ConAndLibrarian said Tue, Nov 22nd 2016 at 12:46am ET:

My go-to video

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- @conandlibrarian 559+ minutes of joy. Can’t wait for my color changing/pulsing lightbulb to try it out with this song.
  
  RiotDemon said Tue, Nov 22nd 2016 at 1:07am ET
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- @conandlibrarian That’s actually preferable to Benny Benassi.
  But in the long run, this cat and mouse game will make you go daft.
  
  2many2no said Tue, Nov 22nd 2016 at 2:37am ET
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sligett said Tue, Nov 22nd 2016 at 9:18am ET:

Thanks to all who have posted. I haven’t had time to watch them all yet, but I see there’s terrific material. Keep 'em coming!

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moondrake said Fri, Feb 10th 2017 at 4:19pm ET:

More dog than cat, but an old favorite.

Dog and cat team up

And just cats.

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moondrake said Fri, Feb 10th 2017 at 4:54pm ET:

How could I have forgotten the cat vs cucumber videos?

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- @moondrake If you hadn’t posted one, I would have
  
  pitamuffin said Fri, Feb 10th 2017 at 5:03pm ET
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heartny said Fri, Feb 10th 2017 at 11:31pm ET:

I find this one rather mesmerizing:

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- @heartny Yay! Thank you for my cat video of the week.
  
  sligett said Fri, Feb 17th 2017 at 9:19am ET
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sligett said Thu, Mar 9th 2017 at 7:33pm ET:

Hi all. Just bumping this thread so see if there are more cat video ideas. The final audience is often elementary school classes (if the videos are interesting, the teachers will show them in class).

Many thanks.

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- … if there are more cat video …
  
  @sligett You do know you’re on the internet, right?
  
  /youtube 10 hours of cat videos
  
  narfcake said Thu, Mar 9th 2017 at 7:45pm ET
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- @narfcake But given how long I spend just looking at a daily deal site, it would take (has taken) me days to find an acceptable cat video. I’m looking for help in curation.
  
  Thanks for your contributions!
  
  sligett said Fri, Mar 10th 2017 at 8:57am ET
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- @narfcake Oh, and I shared this 10 hour compilation as this week’s video. Thanks!
  
  sligett said Fri, Mar 10th 2017 at 9:09am ET
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sligett said Wed, Apr 5th 2017 at 8:43am ET:

Last week, I shared this –

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PlacidPenguin said Thu, Apr 6th 2017 at 1:18pm ET:

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sligett said Thu, Apr 13th 2017 at 9:07am ET:

This week, as we prepare for April break, I sent this:

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sligett said Thu, May 4th 2017 at 5:04pm ET:

Last week it was

Thanks, @narfcake

This week? I don’t know yet. Any ideas?

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sligett said Wed, May 24th 2017 at 12:45pm ET:

Last week it was

And that gave me a chance to educate the staff in how to view a video speeded up:

But what shall I do for this week? Any ideas?

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