Not everyone loves cat videos, but everyone watches cat videos. The animal is a natural for videos – they just do dumb or funny things regularly. As a result, the internet and YouTube viewers in particular are attacked by a constant onslaught of cat videos.

Most believe that these videos come from average, everyday cat-owners who happen to be videotaping their pets often enough to catch the hilarity. The truth is revealed in the video below. From CGI to puppets, it’s all scripted. It’s all fake. We have been deceived.