Monopoly Changes #5

About two weeks ago, the makers of Monopoly, the board game, decided to change the pieces and let America decide what the new piece is going to be because we are a democracy! (that doesn't really support the making of a monopoly but that's besides the point) Of course, since the decision was left to the internet, the chosen piece was... (drumroll please)... a cat!
Now I know that pieces have been changed in the past, for example, the Nokia 3360 and A glass of scotch used to be among the silver lumps of metal a player could choose, but I think that the cat is a particularly ridiculous choice for a monopoly piece, I feel that these monopoly pieces should try to reflect the most major objects of our era, and although the cat does dominate the internet,

 I don't feel that it is grounds to change the monopoly pieces. In all honesty though, does it really matter? Changing this monopoly piece isn't exactly going to make people run out to go buy more monopoly games, and with all the varied different types of monopoly, the classic board game isn't that classic anymore, it has fought to stay relevant in our society and I suppose I must commend the makers for that.
It doesn't mean I'm going to go buy Monopoly though.


Sources
http://sourcefednews.com/monopoly-pieces-that-fell-by-the-wayside/
http://abcnews.go.com/US/monopoly-gamers-choose-cat-replace-iron/story?id=18413338
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/02/06/monopoly-cat-piece_n_2629561.html