Can You Spot The Cat?

    They're supurrr sneaky, so purrobably not.

    Erin La Rosa
    by Erin La Rosa

    BuzzFeed Staff

    OK, OK, just focus. Clear your mind. Find the cat.

    You couldn't find it? No problem, just take a deep breath, and try again.

    One more time: Harness all of your energy, and LOOK for the cat.

    UGH. This is SO frustrating. WHERE. IS. THE. CAT.

    How about ears?! Maybe you can just look for the ears first, and then it will be easier to spot it.

    Paws first, maybe?!

    ARHHHHHH. Still no sign of the cat!

    The problem is: Cats are the sneakiest creatures on earth.

    In the late '60s, British spies weren't people, they were cats*.

    The only reason Sean Connery was cast in Dr. No is because the real spies, cats, were too busy doing his dirty work.

    So asking someone to find a cat, is like asking them to touch a cat's tummy, and live to tell the tale.

    It's impossible! Trying to find a cat who's hiding is just not realistic.

    I mean, DO YOU SEE A CAT HERE?

    No, of course you don't see a cat: Because this whole game is a fool's errand.

    There are no cats in these photos? Maybe that's the game...

    This is all an elaborate joke!

    "Tell people there are cats in these photos, and they'll think it's true." Is THAT the slogan of this game?!

    What kind of SICK JOKE is this?!

    There are NO cats in these photos.

    The reason we can't spot the cat, is because there never was a cat!

    Wait a minute... maybe that's the whole point of this game after all...

    Maybe this is what Nietzsche meant when he said, "Not every end is the goal. The end of a melody is not its goal, and yet if a melody has not reached its end, it has not reached its goal. A parable.”

    Perhaps "the goal," to spot a cat, is really a parable for the fact that regardless of whether or not you spot the cat...

    Doesn't change the fact that cats can, and will, hide among us.

    Watching us.

    Waiting for us.

    Forcing us to stop and question the world around us.

    WAIT! Sweet mother of Moses... There it is: THE CAT.