Woman Yelling At Cat
Where it came from
A composite of two unrelated images: Taylor Armstrong crying and pointing from a 2011 Real Housewives of Beverly Hills episode, next to Smudge the Cat looking unimpressed at a plate of salad (a 2018 Tumblr post). Mashed together on Twitter in 2019.
On the left: a woman mid-scream, finger out, veins popping, absolutely losing it. On the right: a white cat at a dinner table, looking smug and bothered about nothing in particular. You label the woman with whatever hysterical take is in the air, and the cat with whatever deadpan response shuts it down.
The comedy is pure contrast. The woman is giving 100%. The cat is giving negative 20%. It's perfect for any argument where one side is emotional and the other side is just... eating a salad. The cat always wins, which is part of why it works — the format is biased toward the calm one.
Exploded in 2019, became one of the dominant memes of that year, and has stuck around because the dynamic is so universal. Doesn't get old because everyone has been both the woman and the cat at different points in their life.
Search interest, over time
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