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The Other Dubya ([info]misswindy) wrote in [info]otf_wank,
@ 2007-03-02 20:27:00


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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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[info]dana
2007-03-04 10:01 am UTC (link)
I think this is also where I found it on the interminets:

Some people who are allergic to cats≈typically manifested by hay fever, asthma or a skin rash ≈quickly acclimate themselves to a particular animal and live comfortably in the same house with it, while retaining an allergy to cats in general.

I'm at my boyfriends place a the moment, so I can't quote you the book I got the info from. Sorry.

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[info]annabelle_lee
2007-03-04 10:18 am UTC (link)
That's very confusing. I can't tell if they're talking about select people whose allergies manifest with hay fever and the like or if they're saying that the allergies in general manifest that way.

Then again, wikipedia should be taken with a grain of salt and all. Thanks for the information, though.

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[info]caoilte
2007-03-04 10:33 am UTC (link)
I think it's more like they get used to feeling like shit so don't notice until another cat (or animal) comes around making them feel even worse. I'm another one of those who's always been horrendously allergic to cats (and dogs, and birds etc.) and lived with animals all my life. I still couldn't be in the same room as my beloved dog without suffering, so yeah.

This is why hubby refuses to allow me to get a cat and is insisting that when we do get dogs, they will stay OUTSIDE. *sulks*

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