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Rob Beschizza at 7:37 pm Thu, Nov 19, 2009

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No non-Euclidean kittens are harmed in this video. Just your sanity. [Cyriak's YouTube Channel]

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  • neurolux

    It’s “Confuse-A-Human”

  • Witteveen

    Probably is asking for food & ho’s, making it slightly better than your average R&B video…

  • Clumpy

    I KNEW it! I KNEW it was Cyriak! This individual is a certified genius.

  • flwombat

    That look *precisely* like my cat. I tried to get her to watch, but she was not at all interested.

  • zikman

    oh man. what just happened?

  • Anonymous

    Basement cats galore.

  • Torley

    What especially touched my heart about this video is I have two cats almost like that! ‘Cept kinda inverse, because I have a tiny tabby and a big black cat named Mr. Sushi — he’s very vocal and loves to give headbutts. Here’s Uni and me dancing: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AtkSgzKrA5E

    What also helped this video was that the musical arrangement wasn’t generic techno; despite the prevalence of electronic instruments, it got into some odd dissonance and diminished areas, and triumphs as a result.

  • IronEdithKidd

    The black kitteh looks an awful lot like my alpha, non-theiving kitteh.

    Now given all the interesting responses from home kittehs, I’m thinking I need to replay this for alpha when I get home to see if she boogies like the others.

  • ablebody

    my cat, who usually does exactly what this video does to me all day, suddenly got quiet and stared at the computer screen in abject horror.
    thanks!

  • Baldhead

    I must disagree with many here. that was aweful. Like the sort of thing a late- 80′s homemade rap video might have.

  • VagabondAstronomer

    My beloved Peachy (resident Euclidean tabby) suddenly looked up from his nap, walked on over to the desk, looked at the speakers, looked at me, this “what the hell is going on here?” look on his face…

  • Quint X

    I made it a whole 23 seconds.

  • Anonymous

    Aaa, my brain!

  • davide405

    LOLSD ???

  • dove

    This was totally fucking with my cat’s mind.

    • freshacconci

      Mine too. I couldn’t decide if they were worried by something it said or just startled.

  • freshacconci

    Is there a black cat theme today on boingboing?

  • sbarnes2

    My dog was mesmerized by this video. He thanks you, and wonders how the cats got into my computer. “Show yourselves, evil felines!” (translated from Barkanese)

  • technogeek

    What absolutely makes this vid is the detail work — the head bob in particular.

  • dubzee

    I love you Cyriak! Please never stop being weird!

  • hundred

    meowth rock

  • dannotdan

    This is probably why Schroedinger used cats in his experiments.

  • JonnyAnchovy

    the organ reminds me of Mr Bungle and the early 90s

  • dculberson

    My cat wigged out too. Especially when the flames started coming from the kitty’s eyes.

  • crwatson21

    @#5 ditto.

  • erindipity

    ♥ kitteh ditty

  • jessemoya

    Well, there goes my chances of having a peaceful night’s sleep.

  • franko

    my (black!) cat was sleeping on my lap when i started this vid, and upon the first MEOW, he started up and looked around like he’d been poked with a needle. he lasted about 3 more meows in the room before he bolted, all the while looking around wildly. i couldn’t hold him longer than that. WHAT IS IN THAT VIDEO?

  • Stefan Jones

    My dog heard that and ran out on the balcony to look for her evil nemesis cat.

  • MelSkunk

    @technogeek: I didn’t even notice and had to replay.. nice!

    I honestly expected to be disappointed, with some sort of “jingle cats” style audio remix. But this is truly awesome. I’ll have to watch it sometime when I’m already in an altered headspace. (from lack of sleep, internet police…)

  • Anonymous

    YES! I knew right from the start that had to be Cyriak. That guy’s a twisted nut. :)

  • endymion

    Definitely the best cat internet video I’ve ever seen.

    Love the 6/8 middle-section.

  • Anonymous

    Holy crap. My cat is so fascinated by this that I cannot even distract him with kitty treats. He is still looking for the musical cat. He seems to get more worried as more cats are added to the mix, so I just play him the beginning. I am trying to think of a way to use this new power, to somehow apply it to make our lives better. It will take some time, I think.

  • Manny

    They should have called this “Trying To Sleep In”.

  • debg

    It started a riot in my multi-cat household. Everybody started tearing around the living room, flipping out. With 7 cats, that’s a lot of angst.