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Booker the Cat Loves Staring At Ice Cubes (A Thermodynamics Fan)

This is a screenshot of a cross-posted social media meme. At the top, text explains that a fluffy ginger cat named Booker loves staring at ice cubes: he does not lick or touch them, he only stares and purrs. The main image shows the long-haired ginger cat curled on a wood-patterned floor, intently focused on a single ice cube placed in front of him. At the bottom, a Tumblr user comments with a witty joke: "Just a fan of thermodynamics", referencing that the cat is watching the thermodynamic process of ice melting.
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Booker loves staring at ice cubes. He doesn't lick them or touch them; he just stares and purrs.

Overview

This is a screenshot of a cross-posted social media meme. At the top, text explains that a fluffy ginger cat named Booker loves staring at ice cubes: he does not lick or touch them, he only stares and purrs. The main image shows the long-haired ginger cat curled on a wood-patterned floor, intently focused on a single ice cube placed in front of him. At the bottom, a Tumblr user comments with a witty joke: "Just a fan of thermodynamics", referencing that the cat is watching the thermodynamic process of ice melting.

Origin notes

This image is a screenshot of a repost originally from Tumblr, cross-posted to X (formerly Twitter) by user ChalkButter, sourced from the WholesomeMeme community on X. The joke plays on the cat's unusual behavior of watching ice melt, framed as an interest in the scientific field of thermodynamics which describes heat transfer and phase changes like melting ice.

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