You do have a point, Diandra, but I thought the kittens and the vacuum were done while they climbed on it and accidentally turned it on themselves!

Our own Weezie got stuck in a paper bag once, and she ran around too. I thought these guys were just ready to video "in case". Cats often do surprising things, and many times they are funny.

I've seen many videos on YouTube that were odd, staged and cruel. One comes to mind, a ceiling fan one with a cat hanging on it. (foolish and dangerous). Cats hanging from doors, or falling from great heights... also cruel and not funny.

I think throwing a rubber spider is not cruel... most cats will leap up in the air over basically nothing commonly. In fact we have had 2 cats who had rubber insect/spider toys! Our late Sheba would pick up a big rubber ant with her mouth, by one leg and toss it in the air, and go after it. If she ran into it by accident and was startled , there would not be "damage", but just surprise.

I'm sorry you don't agree with these videos. I thought they were funny and reminded us of our past and present kitties.