# Existential Cat Wins Award **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 3, 2012, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/existential-cat-wins-award/633518 "2012-09-03T04:24:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Kenm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/bc79bd/32.png) [@Kenm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kenm)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2012, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/existential-cat-wins-award/633518/1 "2012-09-03T04:24:13Z")
[**I am surrounded by morons.**](http://www.cbc.ca/news/offbeat/story/2012/09/02/cat-video-winner.html) ---
**Author:** ![Indian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c0e974/32.png) [@Indian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Indian)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2012, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/existential-cat-wins-award/633518/2 "2012-09-03T04:48:50Z")
Seen that video before. Great one.šŸ˜ƒ ---
**Author:** ![Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/malleus_incus_stapes/32/3293_2.png) [@Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malleus_Incus_Stapes)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2012, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/existential-cat-wins-award/633518/3 "2012-09-03T18:43:39Z")
I was _sure_ this was going to be about Schrodingerā€™s cat. ---
**Author:** ![Two\_Many\_Cats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8dc957/32.png) [@Two\_Many\_Cats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_Many_Cats)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2012, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/existential-cat-wins-award/633518/4 "2012-09-03T20:59:54Z")
ā€œImmortalized on the wall; forgotten on the floorā€¦ā€ Brilliant! ---
**Author:** ![drewtwo99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@drewtwo99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewtwo99)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2012, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/existential-cat-wins-award/633518/5 "2012-09-03T21:02:05Z")
Iā€™ll be honest, I couldnā€™t stand more than 30 seconds of that video, and turned it off. ---
**Author:** ![carnut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnut/32/3531_2.png) [@carnut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnut)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2012, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/existential-cat-wins-award/633518/6 "2012-09-03T21:06:41Z")
I love this video. The creator was brilliant, making everything match the catā€™s expression. ---
**Author:** ![shantih](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f6c823/32.png) [@shantih](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shantih)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2012, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/existential-cat-wins-award/633518/7 "2012-09-03T21:11:54Z")
I alone feel this torment. So true, existential cat. So true. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2012, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/existential-cat-wins-award/633518/8 "2012-09-03T22:06:39Z")
> [@Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](#): > > I was _sure_ this was going to be about Schrodingerā€™s cat. He couldnā€™t make it to the filming; he had gone all night without sleep and was half-dead. ---
**Author:** ![pravnik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8edcca/32.png) [@pravnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pravnik)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2012, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/existential-cat-wins-award/633518/9 "2012-09-03T22:16:19Z")
Hell is people. ---
**Author:** ![Mauvaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mauvaise/32/11084_2.png) [@Mauvaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mauvaise)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2012, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/existential-cat-wins-award/633518/10 "2012-09-05T21:54:07Z")
ā€œThe whipped cream in the bathroom is \*\*NOT \*\*whipped cream.ā€ Love this video. The first and third installments are not nearly as good. But this one, I can watch over and over again. ---
**Author:** ![Sister\_Vigilante](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9de0a6/32.png) [@Sister\_Vigilante](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sister_Vigilante)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2012, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/existential-cat-wins-award/633518/11 "2012-09-06T17:35:11Z")
> [@pravnik](#): > > Hell is people. Hell is OTHER people. ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2012, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/existential-cat-wins-award/633518/12 "2012-09-06T18:06:22Z")
Hilarious! ā€œThe white idiot writhes on the chair, begging for cheeseburgers.ā€ ---
**Author:** ![rocking\_chair](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocking_chair/32/2918_2.png) [@rocking\_chair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rocking_chair)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2012, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/existential-cat-wins-award/633518/13 "2012-09-06T22:44:11Z")
iā€™m sorry to tell you there is a thread in the cafe society. i am a total henri fan and love his motivational posters. ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2012, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/existential-cat-wins-award/633518/14 "2012-09-06T23:05:47Z")
Henri is THE best. I wish he were the Pope. ---
**Author:** ![willthekittensurvive](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/91b2a8/32.png) [@willthekittensurvive](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/willthekittensurvive)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2012, 11:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/existential-cat-wins-award/633518/15 "2012-09-07T11:01:11Z")
I thought this thread was about meā€¦ā˜¹ ---
**Author:** ![pravnik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8edcca/32.png) [@pravnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pravnik)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2012, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/existential-cat-wins-award/633518/16 "2012-09-07T17:32:50Z")
> [@Sister\_Vigilante](#): > > Hell is OTHER people. One of us is getting whooshed, but I donā€™t know which one. ---
**Author:** ![Tom\_Tildrum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e95f7d/32.png) [@Tom\_Tildrum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Tildrum)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2012, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/existential-cat-wins-award/633518/17 "2012-09-07T17:43:59Z")
Up until I opened this thread, the cat was in a superposition of having won and not won the award. ---
**Author:** ![Balance](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ccd318/32.png) [@Balance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Balance)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2012, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/existential-cat-wins-award/633518/18 "2012-09-07T18:25:04Z")
Figures the first award would go to an artsy French piece. The next one will probably open at Cannes. šŸ˜‰ ---
**Author:** ![Kenm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/bc79bd/32.png) [@Kenm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kenm)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2012, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/existential-cat-wins-award/633518/19 "2012-09-07T18:25:55Z")
> [@Tom\_Tildrum](#): > > Up until I opened this thread, the cat was in a superposition of having won and not won the award. Thatā€™s why I never check my lottery tickets.