If You Laugh at the Cat, the Terrorists Have Won.
ICanHasCheezburger? is a blog of funny animal macros, mostly of cats, but sometimes gerbils, bunnies, dogs and monkeys, too. By "macro," I mean "a picture with a hilariously anthropomorphic saying on it," usually in child-like 'netspeak to add to the cuteness.

A couple of days ago, cheezburger posted this macro of a Siamese cat, ostensibly after having eaten something very sour, with the caption "ME NO RIKE REMONADE." Cue fan, which the shit hit immediately. 632 comments later...

Accusations range from "racist!" to many, many tl;dr essays, yes, essays in the comments, most of them preceded with the disclaimer/qualifier, "Well, I am [insert ethnicity here], so..." Dreama explains for us plebes that the macro is inexcusably racist which causes other members to suggest that she change her user handle to "Drama" (hee!). Jimmy compares the macro to the Japanese internment camps of WW2, which causes a LOT of people to go all "Bitch, are you for real?" The comments are the straw on the proverbial camel for Ben, who declares, "I am just waiting for the asteroid to come and kill the rest of you." rubbr tries and fails to be the voice of reason: "...it's only a picture of a cat..." Squalo says that if you're complaining about this and not doing something about the terrorists, you should be ashamed of yourself!11!1!!1

All I could think was: "Aww. Siamese kitties have the CUTEST meows."

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	toph 2007-03-03 05:05 am UTC (link)
	Trilling! My youngest cat does that, but I always called it chirping. I had no idea it was common :o (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	dana 2007-03-03 05:30 am UTC (link)
	Yeah, the three cats I've had in my life did some trilling, but I think my latest does it the most. It's very cute. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	catslash 2007-03-03 07:23 am UTC (link)
	So. Cute. We've had a couple trillers in my family, and we'd all just melt to pieces every time. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	ecchaniz0r 2007-03-03 05:36 am UTC (link)
	My cat chirps/trills all the gorram time. "Prrt? Prrt? Prrt? Prrt? Prrt? Prrt? Prrt? Prrt? Prrt? Prrt? Prrt? Prrt? Prrt? Prrt? Prrt?" Oh lordy. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	dana 2007-03-03 05:41 am UTC (link)
	And is your cat starving half the time? I swear, you'd think I never fed my cat the way he carries on every time I go into the kitchen. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	ecchaniz0r 2007-03-03 04:29 pm UTC (link)
	Well, she CLAIMS we omgz nevar feeeed her oh the woes and the angst and the Linkin Park. She'll pull the 'i am famished~~~' routine on me five minutes after she finishes her gooshyfood. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	mary_mac 2007-03-05 01:40 am UTC (link)
	Man, if you swap out 'she' for 'he' you have the above huge homicidal tuxedo tomcat. AKA 'That Fat Bastard Cat'. This is the cat that gets fed mornings and evenings, and still convinces the neighbours to feed him during the day...but at least he doesn't go in for the talking otherwise. More for ankle mauling. (Reply to this)(Parent)

hellespont
2007-03-03 09:27 am UTC (link)

I had a foster cat who didn't so much trill as quack. quite clearly, whenever I came into her room or she thought I might dispense with the Tender Vittles (they were like heroin to her).

My oldest girl (19 in April! Woot!) didn't used to vocalize much at all, but as she's sunk deeper into her dotage, she's begun meowing randomly and squeak-chirping when she's woken up from a nap.

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	wanktastic 2007-03-03 05:46 pm UTC (link)
	My oldest girl (19 in April! Woot!) didn't used to vocalize much at all, but as she's sunk deeper into her dotage, she's begun meowing randomly and squeak-chirping when she's woken up from a nap. That's the best. My mother has an elderly cat and in the last year or so she's starting sounding like a partly senile, partly crotchety little old lady. It's adorable. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	priestesspadfoo 2007-03-06 04:35 pm UTC (link)
	It's time for me to go to bed, because I read "My mother was an elderly cat..." (Reply to this)(Parent)

	b_jellybean 2007-03-03 05:22 pm UTC (link)
	My kitty does that too when he's looking out the window at the birdies or the snowflakes and is SO INCREDIBLY WORKED UP about not being allowed to go out and get them. When he wants to be fed (which is all the time) he just sobs. He's got this one that sounds like "Mama!" It's incredibly cute and irritating. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	dejla 2007-03-07 12:41 am UTC (link)
	Oh, yes. Bandit used to do that. He'd see a bird and he'd get up against the window and chirp. It sounded like he was saying, "Here, birdiebirdiebirdie..." (Reply to this)(Parent)

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