It’s a well-established fact that the holidays can be depressing and stressful. So, if you’re feeling the seasonal pressure, suffering from holiday shopping crowd-related claustrophobia and finding it difficult to meaningfully commune with anything aside from your computer screen, and that in turn is making you more depressed, may I suggest a brief Lolcat intermission? Because if your computer is your only friend (and even if it’s not), the Lolcats will make you smile. It’s the gift of giving to yourself: the gift of giving yourself a smile. Isn’t that nice?
Lolcats are pictures of cats with funny, misspelled captions in a slightly anachronistic-looking typeface. It sounds a little weird, and indeed it is. They sound even weirder when described on Wikipedia (yes, I looked up "Lolcats" on Wikipedia): "Lolcats are images combining photographs of animals, most frequently cats, with a humorous and idiosyncratic caption in broken English referred to as Kitty Pidgin or Kitteh." For instance, a picture of two angry-looking Siamese cats curled up together on a couch and a caption that says, "Termanator cats will eat YOUR FAMILY" [sic]. Or how about the one of two cats hugging that says, "This is my frnd…u treat him good, yes?" Funny, right? You’re laughing, right?
And the fun doesn’t end with pictures and misspelled captions. There is also a video element to this website of pure cat delightfulness where you can feast your eyes on adorable kittens being bottle fed, a weird cat that sounds like he’s talking when he meows, or a hilarious video of a cat that has just been sedated at the vet and can’t stand up. And if that doesn’t brighten the holidays for you, then I don’t know what will.