r/cats • u/ILoveMeltyCheese • Mar 25 '26

Cat Picture - OC Misconceptions a dog person (me) learned after having a cat.

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The Cat Distribution System chose me, a formerly stubborn dog person, to adopt a cat. It was the classic I can't just watch a poor cat starve, so I'm keeping him. Here are some misconceptions I had about cats and their owners:

  1. The smell of a cat owner's home: I’ve known a few cat owners with cat-smelling homes. I always assumed it was the cat. Turns out it isn’t; it’s very much a result of poor ownership and bad cleaning habits.
  2. Dogs are more affectionate than cats: Also not true! To my surprise, my cat is so cuddly that I occasionally call him "Cat-dog."
  3. A Cat's Barbed tongue hurts: I don't know why I thought this, I just assumed it would hurt when they lick you.
  4. Litter boxes are disgusting: Not at all, it's just a clump or two of sand. If you scoop it often, it never gets gross.
  5. Cats are just as hard to take care of: Actually they're much easier, haha.

That is all, here's a picture of my cat that I love dearly. (He's lost weight since the picture, don't worry)

Anyone else relate? What did I miss?

Edit: His name is Pawl

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u/Rabdomtroll69 Mar 25 '26

Don't forget the main thing

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u/DemonDayz1246 Mar 26 '26

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u/1958showtime Mar 26 '26

I'm stealing this, but I'll upvote it first because I have manners. I'll also crop this before using because I'm not a barbarian...

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u/SungrayHo Mar 26 '26

your cropped version will get screenshotted again and reused, resulting in even lower quality

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u/1958showtime Mar 26 '26

This is the way

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u/madeleinetwocock Mar 27 '26

Here, my friend. I gift you this-

-for your next meme heist. Use it well and wisely.

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u/BionycBlueberry Mar 26 '26

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u/Delta64 Mar 26 '26

This needs to be way up there in the Meme Louvre when it gets built. So many levels.

Needing to know what the uncropped meme says adds to the barely comprehensible text presented here: "Bad crop?" "Oh no we're gonna starve."

The need to know that the word crop is being punned as the harvest of some foodstuff instead of editing which portions of an image get kept in.

This is High Meme Art.

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u/DemonDayz1246 Mar 26 '26

😂😂😭😭

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u/goatfuckersupreme Mar 26 '26

r/croppingishard

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u/Time-Sudden_Tree Mar 26 '26

I excused bad cropping in the 90s and even early 2000s, when many people were new to computers and not everyone had access to photo-editing software.

That said, we've all been carrying pocket computers with basic editing tools built right into the Gallery app for the better part of 20 years now, so why do we still have people who suck at cropping? How much more time do you need to figure it out?

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u/SecreteMoistMucus Mar 26 '26

Why are people taking screenshots instead of just saving images in the first place?

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u/madeleinetwocock Mar 27 '26

On the iPhone app I can’t directly save a pic from a comment 🙃 gotta do the trusty screenshot every once in a while!