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Miette

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Miette is the name of the cat owned by poet Patricia Lockwood. One of Lockwood's tweets about Miette, written in Miette's imagined voice, became a copypasta online, reading, "you KICK miette? you kick her body like the football? oh! oh! jail for mother! jail for mother for One Thousand Years!!!!"

Origin

On March 19th, 2019, Patricia Lockwood tweeted[1] a scenario in which she has to move her cat, Miette, with her foot, and Miette reacts in a scandalized manner. The tweet reads:

me, lightly touching miette with the side of my foot: miette move out of the way please so I don’t trip on you
miette, her eyes enormous: you KICK miette? you kick her body like the football? oh! oh! jail for mother! jail for mother for One Thousand Years!!!!

Her tweet gained over 26,000 retweets and 60,000 likes (shown below).


Patricia Lockwood ... @TriciaLockwood me, lightly touching miette with the side of my foot: miette move out of the way please so I don't trip on you miette, her eyes enormous: you KICK miette? you kick her body like the football? oh! oh! jail for mother! jail for mother for One Thousand Years!!!! 4:24 PM · Mar 19, 2019 · Twitter Web App

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The post began growing popular as a copypasta on Tumblr in the ensuing years. For example, on April 13th, 2020, Redditor Early-Corgi0 posted a screenshot from Tumblr to /r/tumblr[2] referencing Lockwood's post, gaining over 2,200 points (shown below, left). The post also inspired Tumblr users to write about their own cats in the style of Miette. For example, on February 15th, 2020, Tumblr user froody[3] posted a text post in which they removed a cat from their laptop and the cat responds, "Father is…evil? Father is unyielding? Father is incapable of love? I am running away. I am packing my little rucksack and going out to explore the world as a lone vagabond. I can no longer thrive in this household." The post gained over 640,000 notes, as users compared it to the "Miette" post (shown below, right).


Anonymous asked: The longer I'm in quarantine, the more I find myself talking like Miette. pipcomix: |Jail! Jail for every politician for One Thousand Years!!!! Me: *Removes my cat from my lap to do something else.* My cat: Father is.evil? Father is unyielding? Father is incapable of love? I am running away. I am packing my little rucksack and going out to explore the world as a lone vagabond. I can no longer thrive in this household.

Various Examples


Gi | used to be giannivalart! @circuslollipop ... jester, tying a bow around sprinkle's neck: there! you look so handsome now! sprinkle: you HUMILIATE sprinkle? you humiliate sprinkle like the fool? oh! oh! jail for mother! jail for mother for one thousand years! 11:21 PM · Jun 28, 2020 · Twitter Web App Joi is so tired ... @Joi_the_Artist "You kick Miette?" dan nolan @dannolan - Oct 10, 2019 What is your favourite text only tweet on this website in its entire 10 year history, one that stays with you for years that you think of and absolutely lose it at Show this thread 5:38 PM · Dec 26, 2020 Twitter for Android NazisShouldExplodeAndDie @SpookyEvilOne ... This is how I picture Miette. "Parent has POISONED Miette?!? Jail for Parent for ONE THOUSAND YEARS!" April @ReignOfApril· Jun 21, 2020 This cat has more drama than the last 10 Best Picture winners combined. twitter.com/catauras/statu... 1:46 PM · Jun 21, 2020 · Twitter Web App




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External References

[1] Twitter – Patricia Lockwood

[2] Reddit – /r/tumblr

[3] Tumblr – Froody

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