Having a velcro cat is like living with your own tiny shadow made of love.

We, as cat owners, always warn first-time adopters that cats… don't always show affection in the way that you expect. That doesn't mean that they don't feel it. All that it means is that you have to do some extra work to learn your cat's love language and read it as it is. Some cats will show you affection by turning their back to you when they eat. Some cats will do it by slow-blinking at you from across the room. Other cats will do it by watching TV next to you and copying your sitting position. Little things. But meaningful. A cat's way of showing affection may be funny to an outsider, but that doesn't matter. It is up to you to recognize it and appreciate it. 

Of course, some of us win the lottery. Some of us don't have to work hard at all to learn our cat's love language, because we all speak the same one. They tell you that they love you by… cuddling with you, begging for you attention and sitting directly on your face in the middle of the night. Velcro cats are amazing. 

Wow, another story about an HOA being a bunch of no-brain fools. What a surprise… NOT! Why is it that when there is a story about a property owner having a problem, there tends to be an HOA involved? In this case, it is a property owner who isn't even part of the local HOA and hasn't been for over 25 years. Except that every decade, they still try to extort money out of him. He wins every time, and it's almost like a small passive income for him, but it's still super annoying. Like, do these HOA boards not know how to read??

What we all need right meow is a soft little slice of happiness. 

Seriously. We think that a little pure joy could not hurt anyone right now. Logging ono social media right now feels like a gamble - you don't know whether you will get the wholesome cat content that you are looking for or the complete opposite. We want that cat joy served up on a silver platter. We want it handed to us on a soft and fluffy paw. We want some hilarious cat memes right meow, and that is why we work as writers for ICHC. 

Writing for this pawsome brand also gives us the opportunity to share all that simple joy - and the many, many cat memes - with all of you guys. Makes us feel kind of nice, knowing that us collecting all these silly cat memes and being able to share them with you guys might make you smile and improve your day a little bit. We have a great time looking for these memes, and you have a good time scrolling through them. It's a win-win. It's like we are able to take our little slice of happieness and share it with all of you. And we think that is pretty cool. 

Some clients are simply not worth the effort.

When you work with clients, as the employee in the story below does, you know that they always come and go. No matter what line of work you do, there is always at least one client who is sure they can find someone cheaper and better to do the work for them. So they leave you, they insist they would be fine without you, and you never hear from them again.

… Until you do.

They can whine about your prices and go looking for someone else who would do it for less, but they seldom find that. Instead, they end up spending months looking for someone who can do what you did, until they realize they made a mistake and come crawling back to you, demanding you take them back. The question is, should you? Should you spend more time and effort on a client who doesn't appreciate you, and would drop you the moment they find a cheaper service? 

When the nonprofit client below decided they didn't need the employee's expensive hours, they easily dropped him from the project and ghosted him for over a month. The employee didn't fret over it much and proceeded to find other clients to take up that lost time. In the meantime, the old client realized their mistake, as they failed to take over the employee's important work. At the beginning of this year, they reached out to the employee, basically demanding that he be brought back onto the project. The employee, however, is not in any rush to go back to work with a client who has no respect for him, and who would ghost him the second they think they can do better.

 While the client is facing a $500k nightmare because they refused to keep hiring the employee in the first place, he is contemplating the best course of action to proceed. Should he agree to take the client back, should he raise prices, or even demand to be paid in advance in case something like this happens again?

Scroll down to read the full story and share your thoughts in the comments below.

Anyone who was picked on in school dreams of what would happen if they were in a position of authority over their former adversary in the future, but few of us actually get to see that dream come to fruition

Many people wait for the weekends and use their entire time off to do some very important tasks.

For example, never leaving their bed is an extremely important task everyone should set time aside for during the weekends. Not only does it give you a chance to rest and gather strength for the upcoming week, but it also allows you to spend some crucial quality time with your purfect fiesty furiends.

Every time the weekend comes along, and our clingy cats refuse to let us leave the bed, we are reminded of the most important fact pet owners often forget–while we have our own lives, a job, friends, and family, our pets' entire lives revolve around us, especially for indoor cats like our own. All they know is their love for you, their pawrent, so whenever you are there with them, they simply want to soak it all up before you leave again. Sure, many cats will run the other way as soon as you give them more attention than what they asked for, but we truly don't know any cats who would willingly skip cuddle time in bed with their loving pawrents.

And, well, if that is not enough to convince you to stay a little longer in bed with them, we don't know what will.

Perhaps, adding an activity to do together could impurrove your time off. You can lie in bed, cuddle with your cats, and scroll through some feline feel-good memes, like the one below. How about that?

When you're working a temporary job, there's always a certain level of uncertainty about what comes next. In this case, one employee found themselves facing a pretty straightforward decision: stay in a temp role with no benefits or accept a permanent position with higher pay and stability. After receiving an offer for a full-time job that paid $10K more and included benefits, they chose to give three weeks' notice and move on. The timing, however, happened to fall right before their current team's busy season, which left their managers disappointed. 

According to them, there had been vague plans to possibly extend the temporary role and maybe consider making it permanent later. Still, the employee felt that passing up a guaranteed opportunity for a hypothetical one simply didn't make sense.

 

Weekends are better with a few extra fuzzy kittens around.

Weekends are a good time to appreciate just how fuzzy kittens can be. A tiny kitten walking into the room already looks like a little cloud with legs. The fluff sticks out in every direction, making the kitten look twice as round as it actually is. Even the smallest kitten somehow manages to look unbelievably soft and completely adorable.

A kitten that fluffy does not need to do much to steal attention. Sitting down turns them into a perfectly round puff of fur with ears. Stretching out makes the fluff spread everywhere. Sometimes they just sit there blinking slowly, looking like the coziest little creature in the house.

Tiny paws, little whiskers, and all that fuzzy fur make every kitten look extra sweet. Some kittens have fluffy cheeks that puff out like they're wearing tiny winter coats. Others have tails that look like soft little feathers behind them.

After a while the kitten curls up and the fluff folds into a tiny round ball. Paws tucked in, nose hidden in the fur, completely relaxed. A super fuzzy kitten like that is the kind of weekend sight that can make anyone smile.

Sometimes the universe drops a tiny kitten right into your path.

A loud little cry coming from a pile of bushes turned into an unexpected kitten rescue. Hidden inside the greenery was a tiny three-month-old kitten calling out as loudly as he could. Once found, it didn't take long to realize this little guy wasn't shy at all. Within an hour he was already rolling around, showing his belly, and happily accepting attention and food like he'd known people his whole life.

At first it seemed pawsible that the mama cat might still be nearby. He looked healthy and well-fed, so the kitten was gently returned to the area where he was found in case she came back for him. But hours later, after returning to check, the situation looked very different. The kitten was still there, hiding inside a drainpipe, crying and now covered in ants. There was still no sign of a mother or any other cats.

That moment made the decision easy. The little guy was brought back home, where he immediately settled in and quickly started bonding with his rescuer. According to the vet, kittens around that age can sometimes be left on their own by their mothers. Still, this particular kitten seems far too friendly and affectionate to be out fending for himself.

For now, he's safe, playful, and clearly enjoying hooman company. The next step is finding the purrfect permanent home for him. Until then, he's getting plenty of care and attention and it's pretty clear he's already making himself right at home.

One lick, two lick, three lick, cat meme! 

What's your favorite type of candy? Are you a chocolate fiend, trying to get your hands on a Hershey's or Kiss? Maybe you love caramel, and you go crazy for Milky Ways or Snickers. Maybe you're a Mike and Ike's type, where you just want something in bright, lurid colors and chewy on your palate. But there are some who prefer lollipops. They love to savor the flavors, like to take their time with the things they enjoy, like to feel the sugar rush bit by bit. And cats are kind of like that, too. There's something inherently sweet about cats. They're like little dolls with their big eyes, their tiny pink noses and bustling whiskers bursting from their face. Imagine your little cat just perched on top of a lollipop waiting for you to bite them and eat them up! It's a new love language, just in case you didn't know about it. 

These syrupy sweet kitties evoke the same sensations that a purrfectly swirled pile of cotton candy does, with heaps of reds and blues, they're the purrfect thing for a Saturday scroll. What is there to do on the weekend in mere winter? It may be bright outside, but it's still brisk, chilly, and it's much more comforting to stay inside and think of things sweet, tasty, wholesome, and purrfectly cat-like. The soft fur of a cat, the big curious eyes, the playful antics are all associated with sweetness, and that's why I Can Has Cheezburger has put together this sweet list just for you. Enjoy! 

When you hear a kitten in need, you go running. 

You hear meowing, the meowing gets louder and louder. You hear from the same area some kids, they're laughing and their laughter mirrors the yells of the cat. There's only one thing to do: to go see what all the commotion is about. This kind person saw some kids with a little innocent, helpless orange kitten. He immediately took her, knowing the kids aren't responsible enough to help. He takes her home, and though he can't have a cat right now, and even with his aunt creating a fuss over the cat, he still manages to nurse the kitten back to health. He gave her a bath, and the two have been together since. She's been sleeping most of the time, probably recovering from all the chaos. His best friend is a vet, so he's following her educated instructions on how to care for the cat until he can find her a furrever home. He's a really good guy. 

Some people can be so cruel. When we're young, we don't have the mature mindsets we achieve as adults. Sometimes we do things we don't mean, and we're less attached to humanity. When we get older, we hopefully gain the insight to be sweet, gentle, kind, and understanding. The kids in the story obviously don't have the insight or maturity to handle seeing a helpless animal without helping it. Who knows what they did, but all we know is that the kitten was saved by this kind human. 

After dedicating 15 years to the company, expecting a nice pension, HR turned the tables on this worker. Imagine dedicating your entire career to a company — your entire 20s, 30s, 40s, 50s — but as you creep upward in age, that company is only viewing you as a number. You're the person they have to pay a pension to. And they simply don't want to do that when they could save money by firing you for dubious reasons.

Cat names are all kinds of comical, but they pale in comparison to the names their pawrents actually call them. And in this collection of cute cats we expose those hissterical nicknames thanks to their pawrents.

It is quite the feline phenomenon to have a nickname in the animal kingdom. After all, most other pets do not really have nicknames, and most of the animals in the world do not even have hooman names. So for cats to have several monikers by which they are known is truly special. But what is so delightfully funny about these nicknames is that they are usually born of the cat's quirks and curiosities. For example it would not be out of place for a cat who particularly enjoys picking food scraps out of the trash to be given the nickname 'Trash Baby'.

So strap in for a whole heap of gems like that with this collection of cute cats with curious names as exposed by their pawrents. All we can say is that it is a good thing that cats are yet to master the English language…
 

Sometimes just a few cats aren't enough.

That's true for both Crazy Cat Ladies and for cat memes connoisseurs online - a small number of cats is never enough. As cat people, we all know the truth that burns inside us all like holy flame - cats are the best, and the more of them the better. That's why, just as the Crazy Cat Lady next door is collecting cats as if her house can host so much floofy feline energy without collapsing into a black hole of cuteness, we feel the need to consume a very long list of cat memes. Because even cats on the internet are never enough.

And you know that this job is ours. We actually take a lot of pride here at the I Can Has Cheezburger HQ in bringing cat lovers worldwide the best curated cat content online. And this one? Well, friends and feline fanatics, it's made for exactly when just a few cat memes aren't enough. Get ready to dive and scroll through a long list of cat cuteness!

Don't let them know your next move… or where you will be working from tomorrow.

We all know that bosses and managers never abide by the same rules as their employees. It doesn't matter where you work or what you do; the boss always gets treated like they are at least a little bit above everyone else. And everyone else gets tired of it really fast.

If someone climbed their way up the corporate ladder to reach a management position, it makes sense that they get to enjoy some extra perks, especially considering how hard they worked to get there. But as soon as that manager decides to purposely separate themselves from their employees, one might realize just how much these management positions can get into someone's head.

The boss in the story below, for example, has made it clear that she does not follow the same rules as her employees, or more accurately, they do not get to enjoy the same workplace conditions as she does. Even though the company offers all employees the option to occasionally work from home, this boss refuses to approve any WFH days for anyone on her staff. While other departments get to enjoy this perk, her staff is forced to come to the office five days a week.

Not only does she refuse her staff, but apparently, while her staff comes into the office every single day, she allows herself to work from home at least once a week. Her own rule does not apply to her, apparently, and whenever someone questions it, she refuses to explain her actions.

Cat law is cat law, and every cat pawrent knows to obey their floofy feline overlords who rule their lives with an iron paw.

Some cats enact really weird laws in their domestic house kingdoms: Don't throw away the chewed-up single sock, it's a prized possession. Don't make loud noises when the cat naps on the couch, or else he'll bite. Give exactly three belly rubs, no more, no less. Even cat has their own crazed set of rules, and we as cat pawrents just sort of accept it. But some of these royal feline decrees are set in stone, and are always true for all cats worldwide.

One of them is "never disturb the cat's nap". The nap is sacred. The nap is pure bliss. The cat must nap uninterrupted. And that's exactly why it's so common for cat pawrents everywhere to get "stuck" when their feline friends decide to take a holy nap on their chest or lap. This one woman hilariously asked the online feline family if there's anything to do in this situation that she's in - only to be reminded that… no.

A new homeowner was confronted by a neighbor demanding that he move his car out of a spot on his own land. The neighbor insisted that it was her parking spot that had been given to her by the HOA. The HOA declined to support her story, leading the homeowner to suspect this was a story that had been concocted by the neighbor to push previous tenants out of those spots. 

If cats could talk, most of them would probably spend their time filing formal complaints about their humans. From unnecessary cuddles to questionable life choices (like buying the wrong treats), these felines have simply had enough. The 24 cats in this list are serving pure, unfiltered judgment… side-eye included. Scroll through and enjoy the tiny, furious faces of cats who are clearly tired of their humans' nonsense. Honestly, the attitude is almost impressive. One look at these grumpy faces and you just know their humans are about to hear about it.

 

These retail employees couldn't stand another second at their jobs, so they quit on the spot. Working in any kind of customer service requires a superhuman level of patience. 

It takes a special kind of purrson to adopt a senior cat, but it wouldn't take more than a glance for anyone to see how special 'Pudge', the 18-year-old cat, was.

Adopting senior kitties is one of the hardest and most rewarding things you can do as a cat lover. It's hard because you know that you will fall in love and have your heart broken before you know it, but as Shakespeare once said, "It's better to have loved and have lost than to never have loved at all". 

The older they get, the less chance they have of getting adopted, too. For the exact reasons we said earlier, most people don't want to adopt a cat for a year or two, they want as much time with them as they can. It's totally understandable, but that also means that most senior cats end their lives alone in an animal shelter, and that's the least fair thing we can think of.

Pudge was able to escape that unfair reality. Found by happenstance online, one cat mom and her husband took one look at this 18-year-old baby and couldn't say no. He had been kept in a cage his whole life (don't even get us started), but they decided to adopt him and give him the best last months of his life. Well, two months turned into three, three turned into six, and six months turned into a year. Pudge lived. He played. He ate steak, and ice cream. 

Pudge's story makes us believe that the love and heartbreak is worth it to see how much a new beginning can change even the oldest cat's life. They deserve it, and so do you.