# 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:** 5
**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 16, 2023, 5:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cat-avatars-on-the-dope/978151/81 "2023-01-16T05:42:21Z")
He _is_ gorgeous, but actually GG stands for Gormless George. He was over a year old before he figured doors out. You know that smartness test where you put a treat on the floor in front of kitty and then cover the treat with a red solo cup and see how long it takes kitty to get the treat? He still doesn’t get that one. He’s pretty sure the treat is under the cup because he can smell it. Sometimes we take pity and lift the cup to give him another hint (which he never gets) but mostly Very Bad Cat will come by and notice the cup on the floor. She knows that we put treats under cups on the floor, so goes over and gets the treat. > [@needscoffee](#): > > I were to use one of my long line of cats, it would be this one: The post card you sent me is still in a place of pride in a mirror frame. Just so you know. ---
**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 16, 2023, 5:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cat-avatars-on-the-dope/978151/82 "2023-01-16T05:47:28Z")
Was there a d\*g causing some trouble around here? Maybe my friend can help. [![Imgur](https://i.imgur.com/noJAGve.jpeg "Imgur: The magic of the Internet") ](https://imgur.com/noJAGve) ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2023, 5:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cat-avatars-on-the-dope/978151/83 "2023-01-16T05:50:41Z")
> [@JaneDoe42](#): > > The post card you sent me is still in a place of pride in a mirror frame. Just so you know. 😀 That was my first cat, got her back in 1980. She had pointy, stiletto-like feet which hurt when she walked across you, and demanded to be petted but would bite if you petted her for just one second too long. ---
**Author:** ![rocking\_chair](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocking_chair/32/2918_2.png) [@rocking\_chair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rocking_chair)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2023, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cat-avatars-on-the-dope/978151/84 "2023-01-16T23:18:36Z")
Mine is a rare picture of lager and koritza being near each other. Lager is the big mostly white boy, koritza is the ginger petite girl. ---
**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 17, 2023, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cat-avatars-on-the-dope/978151/85 "2023-01-17T00:27:20Z")
And very pretty kitties they are! ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2023, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cat-avatars-on-the-dope/978151/86 "2023-01-17T01:01:49Z")
> [@Dung\_Beetle](#): > > Cat burger! Cat burger! Ah but wasn’t there a cat named Chess in this thread? ---
**Author:** ![Bookkeeper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bookkeeper/32/281_2.png) [@Bookkeeper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bookkeeper)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2023, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cat-avatars-on-the-dope/978151/87 "2023-01-18T00:28:29Z")
Here is the late Zen. He, like almost all our cats over the years, came to us by happenstance, and was a big sucky fluffy boy. He was very likely part Maine Coon, judging by his size and appearance, and loved to have his belly and chest fondled. ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2023, 11:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cat-avatars-on-the-dope/978151/88 "2023-01-21T11:18:29Z")
In keeping with the theme, I’m going to at least temporarily change my avatar to a cat. In keeping with the one I currently use, I’m incorporating an element of it into the new one. I’m specifically mentioning this because @Dung_Beetle once said that she liked my avatar because it made her laugh. And I want her to be on the lookout for the new one. ---
**Author:** ![Ryz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ryz/32/13213_2.png) [@Ryz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ryz)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2023, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cat-avatars-on-the-dope/978151/89 "2023-01-21T13:03:35Z")
This thread reminded me I hadn’t changed my avatar, so I’ve now changed to a picture of my cat Tasha, who sadly died just over 5 years ago. ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2023, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cat-avatars-on-the-dope/978151/90 "2023-01-21T13:15:53Z")
Well, he’s almost as cute as Al. Still funny! 😸 ---
**Author:** ![LH75](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lh75/32/4438_2.png) [@LH75](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LH75)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2023, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cat-avatars-on-the-dope/978151/91 "2023-01-22T02:26:30Z")
My avatar is our orange tabby Ralphie. Here is a better picture of him helping my wife sew… [![](https://i.imgur.com/IDWaUaq.jpg) ](https://i.imgur.com/IDWaUaq.jpg) ---
**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 22, 2023, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cat-avatars-on-the-dope/978151/92 "2023-01-22T02:36:00Z")
Ooh. Watch that elbow! ---
**Author:** ![BippityBoppityBoo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bippityboppityboo/32/5745_2.png) [@BippityBoppityBoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BippityBoppityBoo)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2023, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cat-avatars-on-the-dope/978151/93 "2023-01-22T02:38:49Z")
> [@LH75](#): > > Here is a better picture of him helping my wife sew… Way too cute!! ---
**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 22, 2023, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cat-avatars-on-the-dope/978151/94 "2023-01-22T15:34:47Z")
I notice a (perhaps) unintended side effect of this thread is suddenly a lot more cats are posting in every forum and thread. Now I can’t recognize about a 20% my favorite posters because they’ve suddenly turned into cats. Who all look alike to me. ISTM the cats’ diabolical plot to take over SDMB is working well. Too well. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Mikkel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mikkel/32/13151_2.png) [@Mikkel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mikkel)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2023, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cat-avatars-on-the-dope/978151/95 "2023-01-22T16:18:58Z")
Meeow prrrrrrr ---
**Author:** ![thorny\_locust](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thorny_locust/32/431_2.png) [@thorny\_locust](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thorny_locust)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2023, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cat-avatars-on-the-dope/978151/96 "2023-01-22T16:55:28Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > Now I can’t recognize about a 20% my favorite posters because they’ve suddenly turned into cats. Who all look alike to me. People all look alike to me. The cats, I can tell apart. Not, however, at the size of these atavars. – thorny with more than one type of vision problem ---
**Author:** ![Die\_Capacitrix](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/die_capacitrix/32/9_2.png) [@Die\_Capacitrix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Die_Capacitrix)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2023, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cat-avatars-on-the-dope/978151/97 "2023-01-22T18:09:13Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > Now I can’t recognize about a 20% my favorite posters because they’ve suddenly turned into cats. Who all look alike to me. You are not alone. I heavily depend on avatars for identifying users (especially people such as @thorny_locust, whose posts I’ve been reading for years), so I find myself having to read the names of the posters. ---
**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 22, 2023, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cat-avatars-on-the-dope/978151/98 "2023-01-22T18:09:25Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > Now I can’t recognize about a 20% my favorite posters because they’ve suddenly turned into cats. Who all look alike to me. -stops contemplating his own cat in ‘Darth Kitteous’ mode that he had considered using as a comparison to KenobiKat- Another day perhaps. ---
**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 22, 2023, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cat-avatars-on-the-dope/978151/99 "2023-01-22T18:30:37Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > Now I can’t recognize about a 20% my favorite posters because they’ve suddenly turned into cats. > [@Die\_Capacitrix](#): > > I heavily depend on avatars for identifying users If I don’t recognize someone, I find that the best approach is to assume that they are insightful and empathetic with something interesting to say. Obviously I know better for the people I recognize. ---
**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 22, 2023, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cat-avatars-on-the-dope/978151/100 "2023-01-22T18:51:06Z")
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