The Internet is a big place. There are lots of cat memes that don’t depict any suffering at all.

Maybe prune your feed a bit, block the communities you dread.

What the hell cat memes are you looking at bro? I don’t think I’ve ever seen one that mandates “you must watch X number of people suffer before viewing this meme”. That just sounds…utterly unhinged. I’ve got a TON of cat memes I could send you and you don’t have to watch anyone suffer for them. Totally free.

there’s some good stuff in the various c/internetisbeautiful/ communities

Yup. The most satisfying beauty is found in nature.