27 People Who Can't Handle Hello Kitty Not Being a Cat

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Then your mind exploded.

So what's been going on with this adorable feline who once (and maybe still does) graced our notebook covers and bedazzled t-shirts?

Christine R. Yano, author of Pink Globalization: Hello Kitty's Trek Across the Pacific recently told The Los Angeles Times: "Hello Kitty is not a cat. She's a cartoon character. She is a little girl. She is a friend. But she is not a cat. She's never depicted on all fours. She walks and sits like a two-legged creature."

Yano also added that Kitty is a Scorpio, loves apple pie and is a "perpetual third grader."

But when Sanario, the creator of Hello Kitty was questioned by Kotaku, a spokesperson explained that she is a "gijinka," meaning "anthropomorphization."

"Hello Kitty was done in the motif of a cat. It's going too far to say that Hello Kitty is not a cat. Hello Kitty is a personification of a cat," the spokesperson said.

So great, thanks for clearing all that up? This is like when everyone found out Pluto wasn't a planet. But if we all then found out Pluto was made of cheese.

Needless to say, Twitter users were up in arms, questioning the world, the human existence and cats.

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