Cats Everywhere Are Crashing Zoom Chats

By  Travis Greenwood

With millions of Americans now working and studenting remotely, there's been a huge spike in the number of unexpected cat sightings during Zoom video chats.

And the trend hasn't gone unnoticed on Twitter, where jokes on the topic have proliferated at warp speed and provided a welcome dose of levity against a backdrop of otherwise grim headlines.

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Because interlopers gonna interlope, we've rounded up the best of these reactions, and the emboldened, DGAF kittehs who inspired them below.

1. "Does everyone else’s cat feel the need to join you on every Zoom meeting?"

cat interrupts college class on Zoom @EnvironMegan via Twitter

2. "First Zoom lectures recorded and uploaded. It looks like students are going to get to know my cats over the coming weeks..."

cat sits on professors shoulder during Zoom lecture @debbieging via Twitter

"Live look at the cat in question right now"

cat running fast @fixedrender via Twitter

5. Agreed, you must comply with this rule.

black cat chilling under chair@andybechtel via Twitter

"MAHM, PAY ATTENTUHN 2 MEE!!!"

cat jumps into dancer's arms @TheLoveOpera via Twitter

9. "current status at my house: 3 separate Zoom meetings going on in 3 separate rooms with 3 separate cats sitting on 3 separate laps. 🐱🐱🐱"

cat naps on open laptop @plutokiller via Twitter

10. "We were testing out Zoom last night and holding our cat, something spooked her and this screenshot happened"

cat jumps out of lap during zoom chat @j_alxndr via Twitter

11. "When you learn leadership cut the budget for litter" (bottom row, center panel)

cat on zoom chat with coworkers @Chubbers19 via Twitter

13. "Admissions director: 'We’re all using Zoom all day, so we’re getting to know everyone’s dogs and cats. It’s great.'"

cat peeks into Zoom video conference @erichoov via Twitter

14. "Shoulder-mounted Zoom cat (or this is my life now)"

cat sits on doctor's shoulder during zoom chat @PBarmby via Twitter

15. "Ready for our first remote lecture for Scientific Computing, broadcast from home via Zoom. The students are in for a surprise quarantine mustache. (The cat is just auditing.)"

cat sits on professor's lap during online class @dvperepelitsa via Twitter

17. "I thought I was attention starved. My Siamese cat is now joining my Zoom meetings and keeps hitting the unmute button."

cat sleeps on open laptop @MrKeola via Twitter

18. "My coworker told me I looked 'very professional' on the full-lab zoom call this morning because I was wearing a shirt with buttons, despite the fact that I was also holding a 16 lb cat like a baby"

women cradles cat during zoom chat @kinghusband via Twitter

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