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Couple Uses a Cat as a Selfie Tripod

This is a two-panel viral meme. The left panel shows a couple embracing and kissing on a seaside promenade in Turkey, while on the concrete ledge beside them, a gray and white cat sits with a smartphone propped against its body, acting as an improvised tripod to take the couple's photo. The right panel is a close-up shot of the cat, showing it with an unimpressed expression, still holding the phone that displays the photo of the couple. The text at the top jokes about the couple using the cat as a tripod for their selfie.
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A couple was spotted in Turkey using a cat as a tripod 😂

Overview

This is a two-panel viral meme. The left panel shows a couple embracing and kissing on a seaside promenade in Turkey, while on the concrete ledge beside them, a gray and white cat sits with a smartphone propped against its body, acting as an improvised tripod to take the couple's photo. The right panel is a close-up shot of the cat, showing it with an unimpressed expression, still holding the phone that displays the photo of the couple. The text at the top jokes about the couple using the cat as a tripod for their selfie.

Origin notes

This candid viral photo was circulated as a meme on X (formerly Twitter), originally shared in the WholesomeMeme community on the platform, it went viral due to its funny and wholesome scenario of a couple improvising with a stray cat to take their couple photo.

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