Cats on the internet Today, I read a news about "cats on the internet". I like cats and dogs very much. I love them, so I am interested in news. I want to know why people like cats The news write: Maru is a popular star in the world. He lives in Japan. Everyday, millions of people watches his short film, look at his picture on the internet. Everybody watch he explore his enviroment. They watch he discovers new things around him. But he isn't a human. He is a cat. On the internet, there are a lot of pictures of cats. People love share videos and pictures of their cats. and they love seeing and watching them too. But, why is that? Cat is interesting for people for a long time. In the many different culture, people thought cat was full of mystery. In other part of the Europe, people believed cat represented something else. Some people said cat represented devil. But cat also lived with humans as a pet. Today, more 600 millions cats living with humans worldwide in early 1870s, people took picture of their cats. In early 1990s, they share that picture on the early form of internet. In late of 1990s, blog is appearing on the internet. using blog, people can write about cats more and more. and they can share everything about their cat everywhere, everytime, even share cat's videos Today, there are many famous cat on the internet. Example, there are Maru Cat, Grumpy Cat and so on. Even appear the website about cat. this is I can has Cheezburger? I also like a cat. He is a fat and lazy cat called Shironeko. He also live in Japan like Maru. Why do I love cat? because I like watch the lazy of cat. They are so cute, lazy. They make me really relax. it's fantasy. I like watch they eat, watch they sleep, watch they play and so on. how about you? what do you think about cats? In this news, there are a paragraph: "Pictures are a popular way cats exist on the internet. Some are memes, like Grumpy Cat. People share these memes over the internet. These cat picture memes often show a cat in a strange or funny position. They often include funny words. They use wrong words or letters as if the cat is speaking in a strange form of English." I don't understand the word "meme". can anybody explain for me? thanks so much