What a meme of a woman yelling at a cat tells us about ourselves
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A meme of two incongruous images — a woman screaming and a cat sitting at a dinner table — was one of the most popular pieces of internet humour this summer. Why did it strike a nerve, and what does it tell us about ourselves, and how we handle anger and frustration?
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