LOLcats, so we can see how the future historians try and explain that.
"We believe the Western Culture around the beginning of the twenty first century began worshipping cats, following in the footsteps of the Ancient Egyptians. While there is no evidence to support the link, Jungian psycology explains of the collective subconscious, and this may be a case of history repeating itself as a result of the basic undertones of humanity. The main deity appears to have been 'Teh Ceiling Cat', who watched from above, helping to stop morally wrong behavior in an Orwellian fashion. The LOLcat Faith dictated that 'In teh beginning Teh Ceiling Cat madez the Earthz and teh heavenz and all that', in the style of the older Abrahamic deity, and different holy figures of some type created by the central deity were explored further, such as:
Teh Office Kitten
Dango said:
Because it's the cutest wittle meme.
Teh Happy Cat
Teh Dune Cat
Teh Existiential Cat
Teh Invisible Everythingz Cat
and other various holy cats.
Surprisingly, the rest of society never regressed to worshipping cats in the way that the 'LOLcat Believerz' did. There is no explaining it, but archeaologist...
... 'But most striking is that this is the only thing to survive The Fall of The First Internet in 2012... Why?'"