# Cat avatars on the Dope **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 13, 2023, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cat-avatars-on-the-dope/978151 "2023-01-13T02:54:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![SuntanLotion](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suntanlotion/32/16165_2.png) [@SuntanLotion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuntanLotion)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2023, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cat-avatars-on-the-dope/978151/1 "2023-01-13T02:54:54Z")
I actually don’t know if this should’ve been in atmb, but I am curious how many other Dopers use a feline for their avatar… Come show yourself. meow. ---
**Author:** ![JaneDoe42](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/janedoe42/32/14104_2.png) [@JaneDoe42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JaneDoe42)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2023, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cat-avatars-on-the-dope/978151/2 "2023-01-13T02:56:08Z")
Chirp. (Sounds pretty Mindless and Pointless to me.) ETA: Gormless George is a Maine Coon. They don’t really meow much, but they are very vocal. GG chirps when he comes in the room to say hi. ---
**Author:** ![bobsmom101](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobsmom101/32/2867_2.png) [@bobsmom101](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobsmom101)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2023, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cat-avatars-on-the-dope/978151/3 "2023-01-13T03:00:06Z")
One of the all-time great felines: my (sadly missed) old friend Bob Cat ---
**Author:** ![Helena330](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/helena330/32/531_2.png) [@Helena330](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Helena330)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2023, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cat-avatars-on-the-dope/978151/4 "2023-01-13T03:23:07Z")
This is my beloved velcro kitty Harley. I lost him to lung cancer four years ago. I was an animal shelter volunteer and we met during an adoption event. He was having a meltdown, and I was tasked with settling him down. He was a big guy, twenty pounds and not overweight or a Maine Coone, but he was so sensitive. I really miss him. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2023, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cat-avatars-on-the-dope/978151/5 "2023-01-13T03:36:35Z")
Earth to @Tibby; Earth to @Tibby. Come in @Tibby. ---
**Author:** ![Tibby](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tibby/32/17030_2.png) [@Tibby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tibby)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2023, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cat-avatars-on-the-dope/978151/6 "2023-01-13T03:57:14Z")
Message received, loud and clear @LSLGuy. Modesty prevents me from claiming to have the _only_ feline avatar on the SDMB. Mine is just the _best_ feline avatar on the SDMB. Mark my meows, cats will one day rule the Earth. That day may be one day soon. 🙀 ---
**Author:** ![SuntanLotion](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suntanlotion/32/16165_2.png) [@SuntanLotion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuntanLotion)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2023, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cat-avatars-on-the-dope/978151/7 "2023-01-13T04:14:16Z")
Paging Airbeck… ---
**Author:** ![Riemann](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/riemann/32/3133_2.png) [@Riemann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Riemann)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2023, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cat-avatars-on-the-dope/978151/8 "2023-01-13T04:30:22Z")
Using the feline extension of the Drake equation, I have calculated that there is an 99.3% probability that at least one cat analog exists in the galaxy shown in my avatar. Tragically, the probability for the coexistence of a box-using species is only 7.2%. ---
**Author:** ![ParallelLines](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/parallellines/32/3575_2.png) [@ParallelLines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ParallelLines)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2023, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cat-avatars-on-the-dope/978151/9 "2023-01-13T05:08:07Z")
Does @ShadowFacts count? I mean, I’m always impressed with their dismissive, hand-drawn (?) cat head avatar. Which I’ve brought up before, as our avatar pics seem to share a certain malign view of the world. Or grumpy due to insufficient deference, which is their due! 🙂 > **[ShadowFacts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shadowfacts/summary)** ---
**Author:** ![gkster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gkster/32/14107_2.png) [@gkster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gkster)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2023, 6:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cat-avatars-on-the-dope/978151/10 "2023-01-13T06:28:04Z")
Thanks for this thread! It made me decide it was time to change my avatar. I can’t get the picture centered so that the tips of his ears aren’t cut off, but you can see that he’s an orange tabby with a white bib. He’s the last of a string of 15 kittens or so that we fostered; when the time came to bring him back to the shelter to be adopted out, we decided that we wanted to adopt him. I have grumpier, more arrogant looking shots of him, will try to upload them. ---
**Author:** ![saje](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saje/32/3631_2.png) [@saje](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saje)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2023, 11:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cat-avatars-on-the-dope/978151/11 "2023-01-13T11:53:43Z")
Crazy cat lady checking in 🐈‍⬛ ---
**Author:** ![Tibby](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tibby/32/17030_2.png) [@Tibby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tibby)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2023, 11:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cat-avatars-on-the-dope/978151/12 "2023-01-13T11:56:37Z")
Why do I feel the urge to pee in this thread and mark my territory? ---
**Author:** ![pjd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pjd/32/3009_2.png) [@pjd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pjd)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2023, 12:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cat-avatars-on-the-dope/978151/13 "2023-01-13T12:26:25Z")
👋 I Need new glasses; i always thought SuntanLotion’s was some sort of duck and JaneDoe42’s was some sort of hamburger. ---
**Author:** ![wolfpup](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpup/32/10618_2.png) [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2023, 12:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cat-avatars-on-the-dope/978151/14 "2023-01-13T12:32:06Z")
Strange … I show up, and all of a sudden, all the cats disappear! > [@Tibby](#): > > Mark my meows, cats will one day rule the Earth. They’re gonna have to up their game quite considerably! 🐕 ---
**Author:** ![kayT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayt/32/3633_2.png) [@kayT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayT)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2023, 12:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cat-avatars-on-the-dope/978151/15 "2023-01-13T12:36:27Z")
Streak says I have no fear of dogs and will gladly bite his tail. ---
**Author:** ![Steve\_MB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steve_mb/32/5339_2.png) [@Steve\_MB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_MB)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2023, 12:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cat-avatars-on-the-dope/978151/16 "2023-01-13T12:45:03Z")
Cocoa, who wants to be a shoulder cat but got too big. I use his picture for an avatar because his lynx point face stripes show up better at that size than Vash’s subtle flame point mask. ---
**Author:** ![Skypist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skypist/32/169_2.png) [@Skypist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skypist)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2023, 12:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cat-avatars-on-the-dope/978151/17 "2023-01-13T12:52:14Z")
Oh, I guess I should check in here, then! My avatar is my sweet boy, Oscar. He passed away a few years ago and I still miss him so much! He would give me a “love bite” on my face sometimes, and I think he enjoyed startling me with it! ---
**Author:** ![ShadowFacts](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shadowfacts/32/2934_2.png) [@ShadowFacts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShadowFacts)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2023, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cat-avatars-on-the-dope/978151/18 "2023-01-13T13:21:50Z")
> [@ParallelLines](#): > > I’m always impressed with their dismissive, hand-drawn (?) cat head avatar. Oh thanks, that’s nice of you to say! I did hand-draw that. It doesn’t represent any particular cat of mine . I can’t really say where the inspiration came from - I just wanted a really simple avatar, so I drew it. ---
**Author:** ![Pardel-Lux](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pardel-lux/32/20182_2.png) [@Pardel-Lux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pardel-Lux)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2023, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cat-avatars-on-the-dope/978151/19 "2023-01-13T13:54:58Z")
A [lynx](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iberian_lynx) is not a domestic cat, it is a wild cat. I chose this avatar for my internet presence in 2005-6, when there were less than 100 left. The situation has improved since then, I don’t dare to change my avatar now, imagine the trend reverses again! ---
**Author:** ![Horatius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/horatius/32/3572_2.png) [@Horatius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatius)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2023, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cat-avatars-on-the-dope/978151/20 "2023-01-13T14:02:22Z")
NWO Kitty, reporting for duty. And Violence. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cat-avatars-on-the-dope/978151.md?page=2)