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The meme displays three real domestic cats sitting in a line on a light wood cabinet: an orange tabby on the left with its tongue sticking out, a black and white tuxedo cat in the middle with a neutral expression, and a white and grey Ragdoll cat on the right with a calm look. Overlaid text at the top states "Dogs might be called 'mans best friend'", while text at the bottom reads "But we don't show the police where your drugs are". The joke subverts the common popular phrase that identifies dogs as man's best friend by humorously claiming cats are more loyal companions, as they will not report their owners' hidden illegal substances to law enforcement.
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Dogs might be called "mans best friend"
But we don't show the police where your drugs are

Overview

The meme displays three real domestic cats sitting in a line on a light wood cabinet: an orange tabby on the left with its tongue sticking out, a black and white tuxedo cat in the middle with a neutral expression, and a white and grey Ragdoll cat on the right with a calm look. Overlaid text at the top states "Dogs might be called 'mans best friend'", while text at the bottom reads "But we don't show the police where your drugs are". The joke subverts the common popular phrase that identifies dogs as man's best friend by humorously claiming cats are more loyal companions, as they will not report their owners' hidden illegal substances to law enforcement.

Origin notes

This meme is sourced from the RSS feed of the Reddit Meme community, originally posted under the title "Best friend". It follows a widely used pet meme format that combines cute, widely shared pet photography with edgy humorous text to subvert common cultural sayings about pets.

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