Comments on: Hey Cat!

Hey Cat!

ooga_booga — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 19:29:18 -0800

Look at This Cat! Not to be confused with look at this dog, look at this muppet (wat a donut...), robots and donuts, monkeys and robots, monkeys on stilts, twin monkeys, koala twins, or celebrities without makeup. [via mefi projects]

By: jessamyn

jessamyn — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 19:46:00 -0800

Yay!

By: exogenous

exogenous — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 19:49:42 -0800

Good stuff. I submitted a feline. Plus, you know, it's by "mefi's own."

By: kisch mokusch

kisch mokusch — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 19:54:15 -0800

This is a great cat. This is the greatest cat. Cute.

By: Rinku

Rinku — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 19:58:17 -0800

The blue cat A) is a ghost B) has hypothermia C) represents metafilter D) is the greatest cat.

By: turgid dahlia

turgid dahlia — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 20:01:11 -0800

Here is a documentary about cats. It includes a song.

By: cortex

cortex — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 20:07:18 -0800

Looking at those cats is a highly recommended practice, fwiw.

By: subbes

subbes — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 20:11:34 -0800

I like to flip from cat to cat very quickly. You know, just giving a cat scan.

By: Caduceus

Caduceus — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 20:17:46 -0800

I'd always wondered what cats were. Now, thanks to Look at This Cat! I know they're nature's way of saying, "Hey, cats!"

By: CrunchyFrog

CrunchyFrog — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 20:20:15 -0800

Also not to be confused with Have You Seen This Cat?

By: blue_beetle

blue_beetle — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 20:21:28 -0800

Wow, all the cats I looked at were submitted by Jessamyn.

By: mathowie

mathowie — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 20:24:02 -0800

I wish I could just give you my "cats" tag on flickr and let you just pull them in via the API or something, because then this would be a firehose of awesome.

By: JHarris

JHarris — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 20:24:41 -0800

Server issues aside, the last few days have been pretty cool around here. Microsoft Songsmith remixes, a Guns N Roses member writing a financial column, and now I discover via this site the greatest cat name even: Boutros Boutros Kitty. IT'S EVEN BETTER THAN CHAIRMAN MEOW!

By: schyler523

schyler523 — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 20:27:39 -0800

Pretty awesome, though I get the feeling that they will be getting a lot more emails soon. Not that that's a bad thing.

By: plant

plant — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 20:33:20 -0800

Also not to be confused with dogs looking like people.

By: rtha

rtha — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 20:39:08 -0800

The blue cat is my (our) cat. He really does look blue in some lights.

By: Graygorey

Graygorey — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 20:41:42 -0800

How can you tell you're talking to a goth on the phone? When the conversation's interrupted with "Midnight! Get off my altar!" every cat thread makes me think of that one...

By: dead cousin ted

dead cousin ted — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 20:44:01 -0800

Yeah I was gonna mention Have you seen this cat? but I couldn't find the link fast enough. Apparently the two are unrelated?

By: heyho

heyho — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 20:45:20 -0800

Blue cat is awesome. I submitted pics, yay.

By: mrzarquon

mrzarquon — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 20:53:51 -0800

you're a kitty!

By: Potomac Avenue

Potomac Avenue — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 20:55:16 -0800

that dog is crosseyed btw

By: Potomac Avenue

Potomac Avenue — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 20:55:57 -0800

cats win

By: gingerbeer

gingerbeer — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 21:08:13 -0800

I just showed my cat photos of herself on the internet. She was not impressed, and claims that she is in fact still the greatest, even if you don't vote for her.

By: netbros

netbros — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 21:16:53 -0800

Some of those celebrities without makeup should just ask Sherwin Williams.

By: flaterik

flaterik — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 21:18:50 -0800

HOW WILL I KNOW WHEN AND IF MY GREATEST CATS ARE READY FOR LOOKING AT THE SUSPENSE IS KILLING ME

By: lysdexic

lysdexic — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 21:45:59 -0800

HAHAHA Lefty the geographer! Thx cortex! <3 =^-.o^=

By: Joey Michaels

Joey Michaels — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 22:03:26 -0800

Really, this is the main purpose of the Interweb. I approve.

By: CheeseDigestsAll

CheeseDigestsAll — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 22:19:21 -0800

Halle Berry needs no make-up. Make-up begs to be placed on Halle Barry.

By: cortex

cortex — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 22:20:58 -0800

HOW WILL I KNOW WHEN AND IF MY GREATEST CATS ARE READY FOR LOOKING AT THE SUSPENSE IS KILLING ME Even though it subverts somewhat the zero-functionality design aesthetic I'm going for, I think I'll have to implement some sort of Kitty Index in the next couple of days to help people out here. "Reload until you find your cat" won't really scale that well. Also, I'm probably gonna do cat uploads like twice a day in batches, and I have other obligations tonight, so tomorrow morning is going to be like catpocalypse judging by my inbox.

By: cmgonzalez

cmgonzalez — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 22:37:06 -0800

The first cat I got was submitted by Jessamyn. I think I need to go find some cats to photograph.

By: melissa may

melissa may — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 22:40:45 -0800

This will be perfect when selecting the great button doesn't lead you to the next cat but to a screen with that .gif of the "this page is under construction" guy and the words HE DIGS AND DIGS BUT HE WILL NEVER FIND YOUR SOUL. I don't care what you bitchsticks click, every cat is the greatest.

By: dw

dw — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 22:50:33 -0800

Flagged as "I'm allergic to this thread."

By: flaterik

flaterik — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 22:53:00 -0800

melissa, I love cats, but I do not love all cats equally. There are indeed greatester cats.

By: melissa may

melissa may — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 22:54:55 -0800

Oh god, I think I finally understand why people keep giving me cat earrings and cat calendars and cat mugs and "cat crossing" signs. I'm one of those people. Sorry, everybody.

By: taz

taz — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 23:11:18 -0800

This is relevant to my interests.

By: flaterik

flaterik — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 23:12:31 -0800

I do not accept apologies for loving cats more than I do.

By: robtf3

robtf3 — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 00:56:08 -0800

I've been cheating and clicking every cat as the greatest. Well, ok, at first I clicked great a couple of times but then I realized that all cats are the greatest at something. I don't know what that something is but they do so who am I to judge?

By: grapefruitmoon

grapefruitmoon — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 04:16:48 -0800

My own cat is now looking at ME and judging me for looking at other cats. She's a very jealous mistress. Clearly, I must submit her pictures when I get home from work so that she can see that she's THE GREATEST cat.

By: Pollomacho

Pollomacho — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 04:33:51 -0800

I discover via this site the greatest cat name even: Boutros Boutros Kitty. IT'S EVEN BETTER THAN CHAIRMAN MEOW! Or his successor Mousey Tongue!

By: DU

DU — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 04:35:12 -0800

How did this people fit those cats on their websites?

By: steef

steef — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 05:39:17 -0800

I am troubled by the fact that you are looking at this instead of the cat.

By: Mastercheddaar

Mastercheddaar — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 05:52:11 -0800

Robots and Donuts sounds like the future of fatty breakfasts everywhere!

By: spinturtle

spinturtle — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 06:11:42 -0800

We realized after naming our cats that we named them wrong. They *should* have been Minnmeowpolis and Saint Paw. You know, the Twin Kitties.

By: 5imian

5imian — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 06:52:03 -0800

Jessamyn, i think i just votest your cat as the greatest. Do you have an orange cat?

By: cortex

cortex — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 07:02:21 -0800

Jessamyn's dark secret is that she owns no cats. She just goes places where cats are and takes pictures of those. And man, I have so many cats in my inbox right now.

By: jessamyn

jessamyn — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 07:12:00 -0800

I had a cat once. Those are all friends' cats. I'll find a photo of my former cat, because she was pretty much the greatest.

By: lysdexic

lysdexic — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 08:46:56 -0800

Now, see, for moar (p)awesome, we need Markov.

By: Space Coyote

Space Coyote — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 09:12:10 -0800

Monkey vs. Robot is a classic. Thanks for reminding me of it. Back in university I had it in my shared folder on the residence network and it became a cult hit around campus with people quoting it and having mock monkey vs. robot fights.

By: exogenous

exogenous — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 09:23:03 -0800

Oh man, last night I accidentally sent cortex a picture of some robots instead of my cat, but I had no idea. We had a series of emails where he's all "dude, I don't think that's your cat" and I'm all "WTF? Look at him here in my flickr doing cat stuff!! Of course it's my cat" and he's all "dude, you sent me robots." Oops!

By: not_on_display

not_on_display — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 09:29:12 -0800

I had to visit this site after rating cortex's cats.

By: 40 Watt

40 Watt — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 09:44:01 -0800

I discover via this site the greatest cat name even: Boutros Boutros Kitty. That's pretty good, but it's not as good as my friend's dog's name, which was Boutros Boutros Doggie.

By: Jofus

Jofus — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 09:53:41 -0800

IS THIS THE THEAD WHERE I TOK ABOTE CATS?

By: leesh

leesh — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 10:42:06 -0800

Look at my cat! (He's numbers 101-105.) Thanks, cortex!

By: wendell

wendell — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 10:48:27 -0800

I've got bad news for cortex. Apparently, his web strategy is so golden that a MAJOR MEDIA ENTITY is moving in on it. Time Inc. in partnership with CNN presents PeoplePets.com. It's a little dog-dominant, but I suspect that's a result of some serious market research.

By: bitter-girl.com

bitter-girl.com — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 11:43:49 -0800

I had to submit the non-ICHC-ified version of my cat Spike's picture. In case you are wondering: no, he did not later attempt to kill me in my sleep.

By: shelleycat

shelleycat — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 11:55:13 -0800

And man, I have so many cats in my inbox right now. Do you have some kind of automated upload system? Or are you doing them one at a time? Because I sent you 253 cat photos.

By: cortex

cortex — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 12:04:19 -0800

It's manual at this point. I am not going to upload all 253 of your pictures, fwiw, though I am impressed that you managed to deliver that many to me. Automation would be a good thing in the long run.

By: routergirl

routergirl — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 12:11:55 -0800

I sent in my fridge cat. Hope she is look worthy. I love this.

By: JeffK

JeffK — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 12:38:31 -0800

cortex, you're a fucking genius.

By: you're a kitty!

you're a kitty! — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 12:50:36 -0800

*puff puff* I'm here! What did I miss?

By: JHarris

JHarris — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 16:56:42 -0800

WAIT A MINUTE... That title... that's a Binky the Clown reference, isn't it?? Own up!

By: ersatz

ersatz — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 17:28:27 -0800

jessamyn, that black, blurry cat was cool. Gotta pet the kitty!

By: shelleycat

shelleycat — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 17:50:36 -0800

I am not going to upload all 253 of your pictures, fwiw, though I am impressed that you managed to deliver that many to me. Heh, and that was the pared down list of just the good ones! I didn't expect you to upload them all but at least you've got a bunch to choose from. I was actually fun going through all my old photos, I haven't looked at some of them for years. And it's fun looking at other people's cats too. Cats like to be looked at.

By: desuetude

desuetude — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 19:21:40 -0800

cats

By: cortex

cortex — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 20:12:12 -0800

LOS GATOS

By: Belle O'Cosity

Belle O'Cosity — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 20:36:08 -0800

That dog is laughing at me. I know it.

By: rtha

rtha — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 23:00:04 -0800

Don't tell the other cats, but this is my favorite cat. This cat sees my soul.

By: slogger

slogger — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 07:34:06 -0800

WHO LOOK THE CAT AT? (woof woof woofwoofwoof woof)

By: exogenous

exogenous — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 08:56:09 -0800

In Soviet Russia, cat looks at YOU.

By: zengargoyle

zengargoyle — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 14:43:24 -0800

My Cat.

By: fish tick

fish tick — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 15:49:40 -0800

Yay!

By: cortex

cortex — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 10:20:33 -0800

Don't look now but I just added some crazy ass navigation features so now you can find a cat without having to reload 200 times and you can also look at every single cat in order if that is how you are inclined to roll.

By: swerve

swerve — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 11:27:38 -0800

Yay Cricket! I love this site, cortex.

By: grapefruitmoon

grapefruitmoon — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 11:50:22 -0800

Yay, my ladies are represented! (#181-187) This one also features 'moonMan in a moment of insanity.