# Cat really exists **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 23, 2025, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cat-really-exists/1015969 "2025-03-23T01:09:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![RivkahChaya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rivkahchaya/32/8919_2.png) [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2025, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cat-really-exists/1015969/1 "2025-03-23T01:09:20Z")
I’ve actually had her since Dec. 22, 2024, but I just now got a good pic of her. to prove she exists. Trying to figure out how to post it. ---
**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:** [March 23, 2025, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cat-really-exists/1015969/2 "2025-03-23T01:14:12Z")
Mmm, no evidence here! ---
**Author:** ![Seanette](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/seanette/32/9139_2.png) [@Seanette](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Seanette)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2025, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cat-really-exists/1015969/3 "2025-03-23T01:15:56Z")
You’ll want to put it on a hosting service like Imgur or Flickr, then post the link. If that’s not working, I can PM you my personal email and you can send the picture to me and I’ll post it. ---
**Author:** ![RivkahChaya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rivkahchaya/32/8919_2.png) [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2025, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cat-really-exists/1015969/4 "2025-03-23T01:30:59Z")
Well, I have pasted the properly sized image into the message, and it at first displsys it correctly in the opposite sample display, but then will not let me post post it. ---
**Author:** ![Seanette](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/seanette/32/9139_2.png) [@Seanette](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Seanette)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2025, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cat-really-exists/1015969/5 "2025-03-23T01:48:43Z")
You need the link to the picture on the hosting service. The board software does not allow direct imbedding of images (or any other file, really). ---
**Author:** ![gnoitall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bb73d2/32.png) [@gnoitall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gnoitall)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2025, 4:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cat-really-exists/1015969/6 "2025-03-23T04:58:11Z")
Cat got your… uh… cat picture? ---
**Author:** ![Aspenglow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspenglow/32/76_2.png) [@Aspenglow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspenglow)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2025, 5:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cat-really-exists/1015969/7 "2025-03-23T05:02:17Z")
> [@RivkahChaya](#): > > Well, I have pasted the properly sized image into the message, and it at first displsys it correctly in the opposite sample display, but then > will not let me post post it. Upload the photo to a hosting site such as @Seanette suggests. Then click on the photo at the hosting site and then copy and paste the URL in the address bar at the top (usually) of your browser window, not a link to the picture itself. Hope this helps! ---
**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:** [March 23, 2025, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cat-really-exists/1015969/8 "2025-03-23T14:41:13Z")
In any case: welcome, cat! Who presumably has a name, approximate age, and story of coming to live with @RivkahChaya? ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2025, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cat-really-exists/1015969/9 "2025-03-23T22:41:15Z")
Our most recent cat had been “shy” of strangers to put it mildly. When somone would visit the cat would disappear, typically under the headboard of our bed. Some relatives never saw the cat despite visiting several times and staying for days. A few only caught a glance when the cat disappeared around a corner on their arrival. Only one kid actually saw the cat, as it came out to sniff their shoes, etc. (The kid had a dog and that apparently intrigued the cat.) Later, I would pull back the bed for the grandkid so they could see it. They would even ask to give the cat treats, etc. But the cat still wouldn’t come out. When we went on trips, we had a neighbor come over to feed and water the cat. She only knew the cat was there and alive due to the cat toys being moved around. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2025, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cat-really-exists/1015969/10 "2025-03-24T13:40:21Z")
# [Cat really exists](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cat-really-exists/1015969) Tell that to Erwin Schroedinger. He’ll only half-believe you. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2025, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cat-really-exists/1015969/11 "2025-03-24T13:42:21Z")
> [@thorny\_locust](#): > > Who presumably has a name, approximate age, and story of coming to live with @RivkahChaya? At least three names. ---
**Author:** ![DPRK](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4491bb/32.png) [@DPRK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DPRK)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2025, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cat-really-exists/1015969/12 "2025-03-24T17:20:02Z")
> [@ftg](#): > > When we went on trips, we had a neighbor come over to feed and water the cat. She only knew the cat was there and alive due to the cat toys being moved around. I was once called upon to set up an infrared, motion-activated camera to get evidence that a cat really existed. I shit you not. There were other cats around, so the food disappearing and things being moved around was not incontrovertible proof. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2025, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cat-really-exists/1015969/13 "2025-03-24T20:03:54Z")
> [@CalMeacham](#): > > Tell that to Erwin Schroedinger. What, is he simultaneously dead and alive? I’m pretty sure about the ‘dead’ part. 🙂 ---
**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:** [March 24, 2025, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cat-really-exists/1015969/14 "2025-03-24T20:58:01Z")
I’m catnostic. ---
**Author:** ![Whack-a-Mole](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/whack-a-mole/32/141_2.png) [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2025, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cat-really-exists/1015969/15 "2025-03-24T21:02:36Z")
> [@RivkahChaya](#): > > Trying to figure out how to post it. - Save the pic to your computer. - Go to [https://imgur.com/](https://imgur.com/) - In upper left corner click on “New Post” (green button) - Drag the pic from your folder on your PC on to the website (tells you where) and it will upload (or click “Choose Photo/Video” and browse to its location). - Copy the URL for the photo and paste it here in a post. All of the above is free and Imgur does not require an account. Anyone can do it. ETA: The whole world can then see the photo so be sure there is nothing in the photo you don’t want the world to see (cat seems ok). ---
**Author:** ![CairoCarol](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cairocarol/32/3825_2.png) [@CairoCarol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CairoCarol)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2025, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cat-really-exists/1015969/16 "2025-03-24T21:08:36Z")
This thread has one of the more entertaining titles I’ve seen in a while. ---
**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:** [March 24, 2025, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cat-really-exists/1015969/17 "2025-03-24T21:12:27Z")
The above advice from @Whack-a-Mole is the way to go. But please, please, please don’t make the mistake that so many posters make, over and over again. When you get the image into the imgur site (I usually use the option to let me select a specific file) do **NOT** post that link. That’s what imgur considers to be an “album”. Right-click on the link, select “display image in new tab”, and then use **that** URL (ending in a .jpeg extension) to post to the board. ---
**Author:** ![Whack-a-Mole](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/whack-a-mole/32/141_2.png) [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2025, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cat-really-exists/1015969/18 "2025-03-24T21:21:14Z")
I should also have mentioned: Imgur scrubs metadata from the photo on their website so no one can figure out where you live (or whatever else like what phone/camera you used and other things). So in that respect it is safe to use (I think they might keep some but nothing that would make you identifiable). Also, what @wolfpup said. ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2025, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cat-really-exists/1015969/19 "2025-03-24T21:25:06Z")
> [@RivkahChaya](#): > > Trying to figure out how to post it. Site Feedback is the forum on this board that discusses the board software and how to use it properly. There is a thread there devoted to showing how to imbed images properly. > [@How do I copy an image into a thread?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-copy-an-image-into-a-thread/1011981): > > I know there must be a way to copy a still image into a thread, since it’s frequently done. How do I do that? (eg images from Wikimedia Commons or media items.) I personally use Imgur to upload photos to share. It’s easy to do, I can even upload from my phone using their app, it’s free, and Imgur images seem to work well with this board. ---
**Author:** ![RivkahChaya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rivkahchaya/32/8919_2.png) [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2025, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cat-really-exists/1015969/20 "2025-03-24T22:55:11Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > At least three names. Selina Kyle, Nina for short, and sometimes Ninotchka. Just Nina at the vet, though. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cat-really-exists/1015969.md?page=2)