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Cursed Cat
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About
Cursed Cat, also known as Angry as Fuk and ъуъ съука, refers to an image of a black cat crossing a road, photoshopped in a cursed manner. After gaining spread as a part of "ъеъ" trend among Russian users, in March 2019 the edited photograph gained popularity as an image macro on Reddit.
Origin
On November 12th, 2008, Getty Images uploaded a series of photographs made by photographer Christopher Furlong at a scene of a fatal shooting in Derby, United Kingdom.[1] One of the photographs depicted a black cat crossing the road next to two police officers.
In the following years, a cropped version of the image saw heavy use online, appearing in several news articles[2] and blog posts.[3]
In November 2018, an unknown user posted a photoshopped version of the image. In the edit, the cat appeared as a bipedal creature in a comically angry stance. The earliest found version of the image was shared by Twitter user @pinchenic on November 28th, 2018.[4] On December 1st, the edited image was posted in Facebook community Cursed Images, where it gained over 420 likes.[5]
Spread
Starting in January 2019, the image, paired with the caption "ъуъ съука"[6] gained popularity among Russian users as a reaction image as a part of "ъеъ" trend.[7] Examples of memes utilizing the captioned meme appeared in several notable VK communities and on Twitter (shown below).
On Reddit, a cropped version of "ъуъ съука" macro, recaptioned "angry as fuk", received spread in March 2019. On March 13th, 2019, Redditor Norixon posted the recaptioned image to /r/dank_meme subreddit,[8] where it gained over 27,800 upvotes in two days (shown below).
In the following days, multiple versions of the macro were posted in /r/dankmemes[9] and other subreddits.
Various Examples
Search Interest
External References
[1] Getty Images – A black cat crosses the road
[2] The Sunday Times – NEWS: GERMAN DRIVER MISSES BLACK CAT BUT HITS FOUR CARS IN £40,000 ACCIDENT
[3] LiveJournal – Кот в течение года ежедневно приходит на могилу хозяина
[4] Twitter – @pinchenic's Post
[5] Facebook – Cursed Images' Post
[6] "ъуъ" in "ъуъ съука" is a made-up unpronouncable word popularized by surreal/ironic meme communities in the second half of 2018. "cъука" is a deviation of the word "сука", meaning "a bitch". The caption can be interpreted as a comical expression of annoyance.
[8] Reddit – Idk wtf is that
[9] Reddit – Need it to go off in new
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