About

Victorian Orphan / Aristocracy Cat Scale refers to an alignment chart that spread on Twitter in December of 2019 inviting users to rate their cats personality on a scale of Victorian Orphan – Aristocracy and Polite – Bastard.

Origin

On December 17th, 2019, Twitter user @pleasantchime^[1] tweeted the chart, inviting other users to place their cats on the scale. The tweet gained over 4,800 retweets and 24,000 likes (shown below).

Spread

The thread inspired Twitter users to share pictures of their cats and explain their personalities. Some popular examples include a picture by @gummycatsss^[2] that gained over 140 retweets and 1,600 likes (shown below, left). Twitter user @Melrambles^[3] posted her cat and gained over 80 retweets and 1,600 likes (shown below, right). The pictures were covered in a thread on Twitter Events.^[4]

Various Examples

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