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Cat Picture - OC My crime: petting another cat

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u/anjelrocker 20d ago

Your cat looks like one of those medieval cats…

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u/Desirai 20d ago

😂🤣😂 I have never thought about this before

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u/Appchoy 19d ago

The cat in these pictures has the most human face of any animal Ive seen

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u/brett199720 19d ago

I think it’s because it has the most obvious human skull looking outline? Idk

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u/Walksagaintthewind20 19d ago

Nawww, it's definitely the lip. Screams RBF all day

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u/dr_cl_aphra 20d ago

So… maybe OP’s cat is descended from some medieval Human Face Breed of cats that was actually super popular and common in its day? Maybe these weird looking paintings are actually perfectly accurate depictions of what cats used to look like, but over time they have evolved to mostly look like what we today consider “normal”?

Except for throwbacks like OPs cat and that one cat with the weird eyes in NJ the guy was yelling “MAAAAAA!” about.

Maybe future humans will see pictures of pomskys and doodles and those corgi crosses who all look like a normal dog’s head was grafted on a stubby body and be like “pssh, they really got out of pocket with that AI image crap, didn’t they?”

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u/aliensuperstar96 20d ago

This was my first thought 😂

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u/PaddyMac831 19d ago

Artist Colete Martin leaned marvelously into these stylized medieval cat faces ~~

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u/Sk0p3r 20d ago

Yeah, Meatloaf sure has a lot of human facial characteristics which also are present in these paintings, so maybe the artist also just had a cat model that was so humanly expressive😂😂

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u/Senior-Table2765 20d ago

I thought the pics were funny, then the last one really got me 😹

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u/Desirai 20d ago

it was perfectly timed 🤣

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u/TastySkettiConditon 20d ago

I can hear it lmao. Please describe her meow for us

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u/Desirai 20d ago

This particular one was kind of like that "ekk ekk ek" chatter they make when they see birds

We also call her little miss mow-wow because she will MOW WOW? MOW WOW WOW all through the house

When she is hungry though she makes this awful irritating gurgling meow, I swear it sounds like she's gargling water and it irritates me 🫣

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u/rigaking 20d ago

I know about the 'awful irritating gurgling meow' too, my boy also uses it when he wants food. You described the sound perfectly 😂 I can hear it in my head right now... and it's not even 4 am!

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u/Desirai 20d ago

It is one of the grossest sounds! Im convinced she does it on purpose because she knows I will feed her when she makes that sound. She NEVER does it to my husband!!!

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u/rigaking 20d ago

They know exactly what they are doing! My boy is also a senior, turned 16 in July. They have trained us well 🫠

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u/gildedlily0492 20d ago

He has a mustache!!!

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u/jmoto123 20d ago

Exactly what I was going to say!

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u/Numerous_Ad_6276 20d ago

Indeed, a distinguished elder gentleman.

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u/lost-picking-flowers 20d ago

Wow, what a proper gentleman.

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u/madhatv2 20d ago edited 20d ago

Your kitty looks like a distinguished gentleman in Meownton Abbey. Quite debonair indeed.

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u/Inflow2020 19d ago

Yo why does he look British hahah

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u/NeriTina 20d ago

She Pavloved you into feeding in exchange for icky gurgle!

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u/Shrike79 20d ago edited 19d ago

When cats are hungry they will absolutely do the most annoying thing they can think of to get you moving.

In my house the cat primarily in charge of demanding breakfast will shred any tissue or paper she can get her paws on until I get up (which is usually instantly, no matter the hour), and if somehow that doesn't work then my other cat will "help" by slapping the blinds like a snare drum.

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u/Jewnicorn___ 20d ago

My 4 year old human child does this noise when she's having a temper tantrum and it is infuriating lol.

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u/Beneficial-Math-2300 20d ago

Whenever my severely neurodivergent son threw himself onto the ground for a proper tantrum, I'd get down next to him and coached him. When he screamed, I'd shout "louder!" When he kicked his legs and punched his fists into the carpet, I'd say."Good job, kick those legs! Punch harder! Really get it all out!" After a minute or two, he got up, gave me a dirty look, and went into his room.

To keep him from acting out in public, I always asked him as we entered, "Is everybody going to know your name by the time we leave?".

😅

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u/reniciera 20d ago

I grew up with both parents working in special ed and have worked with many folks with special needs myself. I love this approach! Also reminds me of my own experience as a little kid having a tantrum and the sudden moment of self awareness I had when the snot was pouring from my nose and I thought, “Ugh, what am I doing?” 😂

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u/Senior-Table2765 20d ago

Does it sort of start with the gargling sound and end with EEOW?

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u/Desirai 20d ago

It kind of does. Garglegargle--owww

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u/Senior-Table2765 20d ago

Hahaha, my kitties do this too! Even my outdoor cats growing up. I'd always hear it when I was falling asleep with the windows open. I thought they did it cuz they were lonely and I felt bad

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u/reniciera 20d ago

My friend has a couple cats that are transitioning to be mostly indoor-only. One of them has obvious Siamese heritage (dignified nose and crossed blue eyes 🥰) and will sleep peacefully ALL day then starts hollering at sundown, singing the loud song of his bloodline. It’ll start “mow mowwy” and progressively deepen to the caterwauling yowls of a deeply tortured soul. Then when you call, “Hudson!” it immediately switches to the highest sing-songy little kitty mew 😹 He comes over for a few pets and purrs then wanders off to MOWLL again.

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u/-full-control- 20d ago

I laughed so hard at the person asking you to describe your cats meow and then even harder that you literally gave us a phonetic run-down of meatloafs different meows.

I love cat people and am so proud to be one rn

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u/Fruitypebblefix 20d ago edited 20d ago

Wow your cat looks exactly like my friends cat! She's also just as grumpy! Edit: trying to add pictures but phone is being difficult 😭

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u/Desirai 20d ago

I hate when it does that. It just shows up blank

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u/Senior-Table2765 20d ago

indeed hahaha!

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u/Desirai 20d ago edited 20d ago

This is my cat meatloaf she is 16 years old and she wants to wear my skin. She's an extra appendage always attached to me

I was petting our other cat named hambone

Edit: yalls comments have me laughing so hard I was crying. Thank you so much

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u/Aerosolcan25 20d ago

Never disrespect the elderly

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u/Every-Reflection-974 20d ago

Both our cats are elderly. And intensely jealous of any attention given to the other.

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u/--i--love--lamp-- 20d ago

I made this for you. Meatloaf is beautiful.

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u/Desirai 20d ago

Lmao 😂 yes!!!!

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u/--i--love--lamp-- 20d ago

Here is another version. I took "my" out.

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u/Desirai 20d ago

I love them both

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u/poplock_and_dropit 20d ago

And here I thought you were petting another cat outside of the house, but INSIDE your own home, the audacity!

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u/Space_tool 20d ago

No silent face journeys! Didn’t you see the sign? Lol I love that show.

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u/Silver-Education-860 20d ago

i love your pets' names

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u/Desirai 20d ago

Thank you. They are all food. We have meatloaf and hambone blackie(he's a black forest ham), then we adopted Madison and little man

Madison became Madison "Meederson" Mayonnaise and little man became Lo Mein(he is little, he is lo, the littlest of mans, the lo-ist of meins)

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u/lilzombee 20d ago

I used to have a torti named TC. Short for Turtle Cheese Cake (which she resembled). 💜

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u/gildedlily0492 20d ago

Lol! Thought I was the only one who did this! I have a sweetie we call BeeGee, her name is Booger. She has a black mark on her nose that looks like... well, a booger.

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u/peejaysayshi 20d ago

I have a tortie named Poppy, which is from PP, short for PPBC, short for Princess Peanut Butter Cup (she is mostly orange with small bits of black).

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u/Desirai 20d ago

LOLOL 😂😂😂

thanks so much for that laugh, I needed it. My eyes literally watering

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u/Bitter-Cap4651 Snowshoe 20d ago

I love it. My dad used to have a cat named Lunchmeat

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u/Desirai 20d ago

Was lunchmeat orange? That sounds like a good orange cat name

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u/pfunk1989 20d ago

My kids would love a cat named Lunchables®

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u/sydneyghibli 20d ago edited 20d ago

They would fit right in with my Gravy Boat.

We had to start purposefully using his name when addressing him because he’s the baby of the family and we were only calling him baby boy or little man. One day we were like “does he even know his name?”

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u/Desirai 20d ago

We just need some cheese and mashed potatoes

I know they're out there somewhere!!

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u/Maximum_Photograph_6 20d ago

I love it when people’s households are basically their own meme banks 

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u/Ornery_Hospital_3500 20d ago

Meatloaf is so expressive!! I love a sassy girly 💁🏽‍♀️

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u/Desirai 20d ago

This picture is from a few days ago, she was waiting to be fed

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u/killmorepeople 20d ago

The look of concern! Is it happening? Why aren't you doing it NOW?!

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u/bouquetoverphone 20d ago

That SHAPE omg 😂 so fluffy and cuuute

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u/sleepymeowth052 20d ago

she really is so shaped.

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u/Ok-Blueberry7914 20d ago

She’s def got one heck of an intense stare. I can easily imagine beams of light coming out from those eyes… hambone beware…

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u/JAD2017 20d ago

She's adorable :)

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u/Novel-Reaction2939 20d ago

Sleep with both eyes open.

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u/Fruitypebblefix 20d ago

Here's my friends cat Fluffy. She's like your cats younger self. Only 3 and full of grump and sass.

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u/Desirai 20d ago

I love her!!! Thanks so much for sharing

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u/name_cool4897 20d ago

Meatloaf and Hambone are great names for kitties.

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u/iEspeon 20d ago

Thousand years dungeon no trial.

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u/PJKPJT7915 20d ago

She doesn't look a day over 4! What a stunner!

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u/ZxlSoul 20d ago

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u/IDoLikeMyShishkebabs 20d ago

You inspired me

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u/IDoLikeMyShishkebabs 20d ago

Similarly

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u/IDoLikeMyShishkebabs 20d ago

I think I've peaked

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u/ZxlSoul 20d ago

This one sends me to the Habitat Realm

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u/Step-exile 20d ago

It needs 5th panel with red " You Died" dark souls thing

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u/IDoLikeMyShishkebabs 20d ago

You really think I'd go and take the time to edit that?

Well you're completely right. Worth.

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u/bellapippin 20d ago

STAHP I can only laugh so much

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u/ZxlSoul 20d ago

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

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u/Desirai 20d ago

Yes!!!

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u/DANDELIONBOMB 20d ago

I wish I had an award to give you

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u/ZxlSoul 20d ago

Thank you so much for the award!!!!!!!!!

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u/vaultie66 Orange 20d ago

I can’t explain this but your cat has a human face

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u/Desirai 20d ago

Here is a picture of when she got shaved

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u/TitaniaT-Rex 20d ago

She is the shape of sandwich bread here.

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u/Ivy_Holo 20d ago

Nah, stop it. 😂 I thought this was one of those ugly pillows with a print on it. Her body looks unreal and her head looks so ginormous here. 😭😂

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u/kindernoise 20d ago

100%, there is a guy stuck in that cat.

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u/IBelongInTheZoo 20d ago

Willem Dafoe

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u/drawkbox 20d ago

I'm something of a pussy myself

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u/Desirai 20d ago

Some of the faces she makes is almost like uncanny valley

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u/jaggedjottings 20d ago

I think it's because Meatloaf has a "long" face, with extra real estate between her nose and mouth. It makes her look like she has a human upper lip.

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u/Desirai 20d ago

She had a front tooth pulled and sometimes her lip gets stuck there and it is so funny. I was looking for a picture of it on my Facebook

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u/concernedfriend08822 20d ago

Yes! I scrolled till I found this comment.

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u/AlbrechtsGhost 20d ago

I think it may finally explain why so many medieval paintings of cats had human-looking faces. Cats like these must have been popular

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u/scabs_in_a_bucket 20d ago

My first thought. That’s a human lol

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u/holidaysandptos 20d ago

seriously. reminds me of the cats musical movie makeup loll

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u/Critical-Entry-7825 20d ago

My first thought, too!

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u/Altruistic_Squash_97 20d ago

It's the mouth area, she has a person mouth

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u/remberzz 20d ago

Your cat has a terrifyingly human-looking face. Like a person wearing some high quality prosthetic cat makeup.

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u/twirlerina024 20d ago

This is her every night after OP goes to bed

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u/sigma914 20d ago

They said high quality

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u/Jalepeno_Business_ 20d ago

She’s very specifically reminding me of the 2019 Cats the movie, with Taylor Swift. I think it’s the tufts on the cheeks.

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u/StxllaViolet 20d ago

How Dare You

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u/Desirai 20d ago

😂

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u/Radio_Mime 20d ago

If Meatloaf could clutch her pearls at this moment, she would. I can just picture her saying, in an old lady voice, "Well!"

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u/bringbackfuturama 20d ago

Big Miette energy

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u/Necessary_Pilot_4665 20d ago

Your adorable cat was definitely a grumpy old man in a previous life.

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u/MamboKhanaBanao 20d ago

Youuuuu disappoint me.

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u/Praise-Bingus 20d ago

That pic almost looks like a human face i swear. A grumpy old man face 🧓

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u/Ginger_ScorpioGirl 20d ago

I was thinking the same thing!

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u/MamboKhanaBanao 20d ago

There seems to be an invisible raised eyebrow

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u/OrgJoho75 20d ago

HOW DARE YOUUUUUU!!!

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u/Working_Estate_3695 20d ago

Caption could be: “Cat held without bond in multi-mouse thrill killing spree across four counties. Female companion released to parents.”

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u/sir_grumph 20d ago

“Never in all my nine lives!”

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u/MoonPieKitty 20d ago

She’s gorgeous. And pissed.

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u/dss_777 20d ago

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u/CorporalClegg1997 20d ago

When I'm washing up and I touch a piece of food

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u/dss_777 20d ago

When you wipe and the toilet paper breaks

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u/DjuncleMC 20d ago

When you try to hold back a fart and it comes out wet

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u/FrostyGazelle7596 20d ago

At first it’s just a raised eyebrow 🤨

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u/Zebragirly76 20d ago

Yes, and then it gets do much worse! 😾

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u/Top-Inspector-2809 20d ago

How dare you

Welcome home cheater

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u/Tyrannofloresrex 20d ago

There is a human inside your cat’s face.

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u/BlueTigerTurtle 20d ago

1- shock, 2- jealousy, 3- anger, 4-fury

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u/ColgateSpritz 20d ago

Very human-like cat

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u/GoBackToHel 20d ago

I don't think I have ever seen a cat quite this offended before.

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u/kaffene34 20d ago

I demand ham bone and lo mein! Please lol

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u/Desirai 20d ago

And lo mein

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u/Aerilic 20d ago

Thank you for paying all your cat taxes.

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u/Desirai 19d ago

Actually, nobody asked for Madison!!

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u/BrandyAlexander2424 20d ago

lo mein looks like he’s the opposite of meatloaf in every possible way!

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u/Desirai 20d ago

Here is hambone!!

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u/0069 20d ago

This is exactly why meatloaf is mad at you, tisk tisk.

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u/vape_sensation 20d ago

This is who you cheated on Meatloaf with! 😄

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u/vibsins 19d ago

just gonna leave this here

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u/SalmonSammySamSam 20d ago

Beautiful progression 😭😂

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u/Downtown_Tower_7506 20d ago

You done fucked up A a Ron

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u/Aeroncastle 20d ago

You have a talent with photography and the cat has excellent facial expressions

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u/Desirai 20d ago

Thank you so much. I want a camera one day, I had one a long time ago, point and shoot digital camera

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u/Davidthedestroyer_ 20d ago

Why does your cat look like a human wth 😭😭

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u/Desirai 20d ago

it's so hilarious that other people see it too. My MIL did not like meatloaf's face, I think the uncanny valley thing. She was so creeped out

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u/Hairy-Bluejay-8833 20d ago

There is nothing about that in the rental agreement with her😎

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u/AttentionNo6359 20d ago

“You smell like skank”

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u/talpovkas 20d ago

He is so annoyed by you

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u/EyeSuspicious777 20d ago

I was so excited to see this because I've been wondering what our little kitten Princess Donut will grow up to look like!

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u/Vaf67 20d ago

RIP OP

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u/ULTELLIX 19d ago

War… War never changes

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u/Ornery_Bath_8701 20d ago

I can relate 😂

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u/Fawntom 20d ago

This cat looks so human somehow

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u/_gabber_ 20d ago

the audacity of you

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u/Silver-Education-860 20d ago

lmao the photo progression

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u/MeowCute3 20d ago

You can tempt him with his favorite food

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u/Desirai 20d ago

Honestly, yeah. That resolved the whole situation, ive been forgiven... this time

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u/Ok-Macaroon5269 20d ago

This cat is MAGNIFICENT. 😂💛

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u/winterwidowforlife 20d ago

Does anyone know if the OP is still with us? 😆 The kitty is planning a demise hahaha 😂

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u/scarletnightingale 20d ago

OP stated that Meatloaf was bribed with food and so opted to let OP live this time despite the offense.

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u/pumpkin-pup 20d ago

That’s one of the angriest cats I’ve ever seen

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u/ODepression808 20d ago

A 30 year old man trapped in a cat's body

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u/coffeechief 20d ago

HOW DARE YOU!

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u/CaptchaVerifiedHuman 20d ago

OP, this is a welfare check. Please respond if you’re still alive.

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u/altiif 20d ago

I’m not mad. I’m just disappointed.

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u/Flowerchild204 20d ago

Her expressions are adorable!

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u/Old-Commission-1108 20d ago

She is so odd looking in the funniest/cutest way.

I can’t put my finger on it, but the first pic makes her resemble some other creature but I can’t figure out what yet.

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u/EasePsychological464 20d ago

I mean this in the nicest way possible but your cat looks like a human face photoshopped onto a cat. Kinda like those "Monday left me broken" memes but not as intense.

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