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If you've never tried to make your cat play with bird/fish videos on your laptop, now is the time. They might not care, or maybe they'll just care for a little while, but for the time that they do care, it'll be the funniest thing you've seen your cat do in a while. No, silly kitty, you can't catch the bird on the screen, but it's sure as heck funny to watch how confused you are. 

And goodness, you better hope that they don't accidentally pause the video as they're watching, because the confusion is only going to intensify. Actually, never mind that, pause the video for them and laugh some more. And laugh at this tumblr thread that gives us the best of cats birdwatching on computers while you're at it. 

Not only do cats dominate the internet, but they also dominate laptops -- literally. Did you know that cats love laying on your keyboard because they love you? It's true! You might think it has something to do with heat and usually, that's true. If your cat is constantly perching itself up on top of your internet modem, your laptop charger, they are seeking the heat from it. However, the reason a cat will sit on your keyboard the moment you're using it is that they want a reaction from you!

Marilyn Krieger, Certified Cat Behavior Consultant and author of Naughty No More! Changing Unwanted Behaviors Through Positive Reinforcement, explains, "Many cats sit on spots such as keyboards and laptops because they are near their favorite person and can be at the center of their attention. Usually, people reinforce the behavior by petting the cat and/or talking with him. Cats quickly learn that when they sit on the keyboard they get what they want—attention."

In collaboration with popular Israeli artist, Ilana Zeffren, we get an inside glimpse of what these attention-seeking cats are thinking when it comes to stopping us from using the computer. 

And if you want more cat enjoyment, be sure to check out last week's installment of cats binging their favorite show! 

A lot of us are still working and studying from, and we have a feeling that though our cats may have gotten used to us being home so often, they have developed true resentment toward these strange light squares that we keep staring into all day long. 

I mean, it's true, cats' strange obsession with laptops goes back eons, but now, they have a real reason to hate them and a more obvious explanation for their obsession to us. These warm laptops have been taking up all of our time, and we haven't paying nearly enough attention to our cats. And we believe they have all collectively come to a decision that, you know what? They'll be taking our online classes with us. Right on top of our laptops.

Studying his new environment, Earnie begins noticing that, even though they pay a lot of attention to him, they don't always pay attention to him when he wants them to. Why? Light squares - i.e. the TV, the computer and the phones. He both hates and loves them. 

Meowmoirs: laptops are heaters, and phones are haters. 

Read about Earnie's love/hate relationship with the strange squares of light that the humans spend hours staring at. He's been trying to figure out their uses and only managed to figure out some. 

Read last week's entry that's all about 'the chamber of water' (the bathroom) here!

You can hop back to the first entry about the day of adoption right here as well. 

Can someone please explain to us what is it with cats and laptops? Maybe this twitter page will help solve the mystery around it.    

And no, your feline friend isn't trying to sabotage your important work email. Via: Inverse

Is it just the warmth of the keyboard or could it be the joy of keeping a human from getting any kind of work done? You decide.