Awkward Family Pet Photos
December 1, 2011 7:56 AM   Subscribe

Awkward Family Pet Photos, from the people who brought you Awkward Family Photos. The Huffington Post offers a bit of a backstory on the creators.
posted by gman (42 comments total) 9 users marked this as a favorite
 
Wrong. So very wrong.
posted by Ruthless Bunny at 8:07 AM on December 1, 2011


Awkward Book Deals.
posted by swift at 8:11 AM on December 1, 2011 [3 favorites]


What is it with guys getting naked with animals? That's just downright disturbing is what that is.
posted by scalefree at 8:11 AM on December 1, 2011


There is a tale of madness here. They eyes, they burn into me!
posted by GenjiandProust at 8:11 AM on December 1, 2011 [1 favorite]


Wait, people put dumb pet photos on the internet? Finally, a reason to wedge my cat in a scanner.
posted by Bulgaroktonos at 8:13 AM on December 1, 2011 [1 favorite]


Samurai Dog

Yeah! Yes. I'm high-fiving you right now, internet. Don't leave me hanging.
posted by penduluum at 8:17 AM on December 1, 2011 [1 favorite]


Holy crow, there are a lot of ads on that site. The Awkward-family-[pet]-photo to Ad ratio must be 1:100.

The three or so actual awkward-family-[pet]-photos I saw were pretty funny, though.
posted by Elly Vortex at 8:19 AM on December 1, 2011


Elly Vortex: Holy crow, there are a lot of ads on that site. The Awkward-family-[pet]-photo to Ad ratio must be 1:100.

Shit, sorry, I use AdBlock and didn't even know that was the case. I just see dozens of pages of awkward-family-[pet]-photos.
posted by gman at 8:23 AM on December 1, 2011


The only question I had about Samurai dog guy was whether or not he was about to behead that dog.

Only if the dog shows pain in the process of committing seppuku.
posted by penduluum at 8:23 AM on December 1, 2011 [2 favorites]


Shit, sorry, I use AdBlock and didn't even know that was the case. I just see dozens of pages of awkward-family-[pet]-photos.

About half the posts are just ads for the book. Can't block those.
posted by scalefree at 8:38 AM on December 1, 2011


M. Ed de Bergerac.
posted by griphus at 8:45 AM on December 1, 2011


What is it with guys getting naked with animals? That's just downright disturbing is what that is.

The one with the monkey in the shower still haunts me.
posted by tommasz at 8:46 AM on December 1, 2011 [3 favorites]


The caption on this one:

"Our cat Coal, whom I used to dress up in these pink baby sleepers. On a regular basis."

....And Coal let you live?
posted by EmpressCallipygos at 9:06 AM on December 1, 2011 [3 favorites]


It's probably just the markings around his eyes, but the expression on the dog in the background leads me to believe that he is just as disturbed by this as I am. The dog in front has clearly resigned himself to whatever dark fate awaits him.
posted by tracknode at 9:13 AM on December 1, 2011 [2 favorites]


Coal did what he had to to keep those tail enlargement pills coming.
posted by villanelles at dawn at 9:14 AM on December 1, 2011 [1 favorite]


I am spending WAY too much time on this site, looking for the few and far between shots that actually count as awkward family photos, and not just cat photos. I'm also slightly paranoid that I'm in there somewhere, so yes, I will have to go through all 67 pages before I can allow myself to leave my desk.
posted by flyingsquirrel at 9:25 AM on December 1, 2011 [2 favorites]


more like amazing.

That kitty looks so cute in that outfit with the little cap. I just want to hug him, but I know he would claw my face off if I tried, and that makes me sad.

Cats should really wear adorable outfits all the time. They are really limiting themselves with this whole natural look.
posted by Ad hominem at 9:28 AM on December 1, 2011 [2 favorites]


I feel an unexpected amount of affection for couple with the husband & wife chickens.
posted by benito.strauss at 9:46 AM on December 1, 2011


Capybara!
posted by scalefree at 9:55 AM on December 1, 2011 [2 favorites]


Oh dear. That's not right.
posted by scalefree at 10:02 AM on December 1, 2011


Seriously, what is wrong with these people?
posted by scalefree at 10:15 AM on December 1, 2011 [1 favorite]


OK, last one for me. I thought this guy was big...until I saw this monster. Holy cow!
posted by scalefree at 10:21 AM on December 1, 2011 [1 favorite]


scalefree: "Seriously, what is wrong with these people?"

Penny Marshall was never the same after they canceled Laverne and Shirley.
posted by Splunge at 10:30 AM on December 1, 2011 [1 favorite]


I would advise not going to sleep alone in the company of this cat. He's going to get his dignity back, one way or another.
posted by Runes at 10:31 AM on December 1, 2011


Tangentially related: Fluffington Post.
posted by cjorgensen at 10:39 AM on December 1, 2011


Tangentially related: Fluffington Post.

I've had this job for less than a month, how have I already visited the Fluffington Post on my work computer?
posted by Bulgaroktonos at 10:40 AM on December 1, 2011 [1 favorite]


I spend 2/3rds of my "work" time saving pics of cats from the internet. A couple weeks back I was asked to do a live stream software demo. It was going fine until I got to a point where I needed to upload a file. I click on browse for files and the upload dialog opens to the last folder I had been using, in thumbnail view. I was confronted with a thumbnails of cat pics. I was a bit flustered so I started scrolling through them, until I got to the pics of Tom Selleck, as it that wasn't bad enough, after that were pics of cats with Tom Selleck's moustache photoshopped on.

I'm not sure how I have a job.
posted by Ad hominem at 10:50 AM on December 1, 2011 [17 favorites]


Never before has there been a website so likely to feature an embarrassing photo of me from my youth.
posted by clockbound at 10:57 AM on December 1, 2011


after that were pics of cats with Tom Selleck's moustache photoshopped on

That made I laugh but I'm worried this is going to be a new internet fetish.
posted by MartinWisse at 11:00 AM on December 1, 2011


Selleck Kitten

MetaFilter is like the number 5 result for sellect kitten on google. My forced meme is catching on.
posted by Ad hominem at 11:09 AM on December 1, 2011 [4 favorites]


Thanks to you, Ad hominem, I just googled "selleck cat" and found this. My day is complete. Destroyed, but complete.
posted by flyingsquirrel at 11:14 AM on December 1, 2011 [3 favorites]


I'm not sure how I have a job.

Yeah, I've accidentally filled my work's live site with lolcats while testing a new photo uploader (the fatal flaw in which was a terrifying lack of any way to remove/replace images once they'd been uploaded), after which we shamefacedly decided to do everything in dev first. Later I tagged everything with random pokemons doing some testing on the keyword search, so it was obvsly a wise decision.
posted by elizardbits at 11:16 AM on December 1, 2011 [4 favorites]


Nobody even mentioned it after the demo. It was mostly offshore peeps, I like to think they just took it in stride, like all Americans fill their harddrives with pics of cats with moustaches.

I started a tmblr but not only do I suck with paint.net (I don't even own photoshop) it got me a bit concerned about how I was spending my time.
posted by Ad hominem at 11:24 AM on December 1, 2011 [1 favorite]


Pretty special. I guess this kinda had to exist.
posted by ph00dz at 11:36 AM on December 1, 2011


You sir are a genius.
posted by Ad hominem at 11:53 AM on December 1, 2011


Awkward Book Deals.

They have Awkward Family Photos greeting cards now. I got one for my uncle. I don't know if I should feel pride or shame.
posted by dirigibleman at 12:19 PM on December 1, 2011


Between AFPP and Animals with Stuffed Animals I may never do anything productive again. Unless it's feeding my cats.
posted by dragonplayer at 12:32 PM on December 1, 2011 [3 favorites]


I have a great picture of myself with my first dog as an adult slung around my neck like a big beige wrinkly stole, which is no mean feat with a Shar Pei. It's good of both me and Rose and is a great picture if you crop out my worn-out bikini drawers through which my penis is pretty much completely visible, thanks to the flash. People rooting through my pictures tend to say "Aww, look at your hair! And Rose! And...aaaugh! What the hell is wrong with you!?"
posted by sonascope at 2:32 PM on December 1, 2011 [2 favorites]


pics or it didnt happen :D
posted by liza at 10:01 PM on December 1, 2011


I'm clicking through the first link to make sure that my brother didn't scan the picture that my wife and I gave my mother last winter. That was an awkward family pet photo.
posted by snwod at 1:13 AM on December 2, 2011


They're not exactly pets but this photo is especially awkward as it features the Mayor of San Juan & family, including a "sassy 7 year old". Nothing say's "Merry Christmas" better than a cheetah killing an antelope. Although I'd really like to see the one with the penguin & the bear. Who doesn't like penguins?
posted by scalefree at 8:52 PM on December 13, 2011


It's almost painful how much this guy wants to be the Beastmaster.
posted by misha at 11:10 AM on December 27, 2011


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