The Depressing Truth Behind Cat Videos It starts with a sobering explanation of OMG Cat, followed by more sobering explanations. This one made me audibly sigh.
Brad: There was this whole industry in the late 1800s of making post cards with cats on them.
Lindsay: Yes.
Brad: People don’t realize though that cameras had really bad shutter speeds at the time.
Brad: So those cats were dead.
Lindsay: Oh my God.
[via @karenew]