Cat Beards
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About
Cat Beards is a photo fad that involves positioning a cat in front of one's face in such a manner that the feline's furry chin appears as if it is part of the model's facial hair.
Origin
The earliest known example of a "cat beard" photo was uploaded by Tumblr user Catasters on July 28th, 2011, depicting a man touching noses with his tabby cat (shown below). Two days later, Catasters' image was submitted to the /r/pics subreddit, receiving nearly a thousand up votes. In the following days, the same image was featured on a number of internet humor blogs, including Neatorama[3], Tastefully Offensive[4], Buzzfeed[5], and the Huffington Post[6].
Spread
In early 2012, the fad began to gain some visible momentum on Tumblr] with the creation of the single topic blog cat-beard.com[7] in March and a feature post on the Huffington Post UK[8] on May 1st. Throughout May 2012, the "cat bearding" phenomenon was covered by TheFW[9], Flotsam and Catsam[10], the Daily Dawdle[11], and TheySmell.[12] On May 16th, 2013, Tumblr user Captain Awesome Sauce[14] posted a photo set of five "cat beard" images, which gained more than 50,000 notes in the first 24 hours.
Notable Examples
Search Interest
External References
[1] Tumblr – Catasters – Cat Beard
[2] /r/pics – What the internet is for, #2
[4] Tastefully Offensive – Cat Beard
[5] Buzzfeed – Cat Moustache
[6] Huffington Post Comedy – The Cat Moustache
[7] Tumblr – Cat-Beard.com
[8] Huffington Post UK – Picture of the Day: May 1, 2012
[9] TheFW – 10 Awesome 'Cat Beards'
[10] Flotsam and Catsam – Cat Beard- Human Hat?
[11] Daily Dawdle – Cat Beard Photos
[12] Theysmell.com – Cat Beard
[13] Tumblr – Posts tagged 'cat beard'
[14] Tumblr – What do I do when I’m sick? I google “cat beards”
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Top Comments
Kyntak
May 20, 2013 at 05:01PM EDT
HorribleGhost
May 20, 2013 at 08:00PM EDT