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Dog Blames Cat For A Mess, Cat Aggressively Admits Guilt

The image is a single-panel pet meme set in a home kitchen area, near lower cabinets and a door. On the right side, a black and white border collie sits looking up at the camera with a wide-eyed, innocent expression, with overlaid text above it reading 'The cat did it.'. To the left, a small grey and white kitten stands upright on its hind legs, propped against the cabinets with a calm, unapologetic, defiant expression. Text overlaid next to the kitten reads 'The dog is right, I did do it. You wanna know why? Because screw you, that's why.'. The humor comes from the subversion of common pet meme tropes: instead of both animals denying making a mess, the cat openly takes responsibility and is aggressively unapologetic for their actions, which is funny and unexpected.
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Dialogue

The cat did it.
The dog is right, I did do it. You wanna know why? Because screw you, that's why.

Overview

The image is a single-panel pet meme set in a home kitchen area, near lower cabinets and a door. On the right side, a black and white border collie sits looking up at the camera with a wide-eyed, innocent expression, with overlaid text above it reading 'The cat did it.'. To the left, a small grey and white kitten stands upright on its hind legs, propped against the cabinets with a calm, unapologetic, defiant expression. Text overlaid next to the kitten reads 'The dog is right, I did do it. You wanna know why? Because screw you, that's why.'. The humor comes from the subversion of common pet meme tropes: instead of both animals denying making a mess, the cat openly takes responsibility and is aggressively unapologetic for their actions, which is funny and unexpected.

Origin notes

This meme was shared on X (formerly Twitter) by the account @WholesomeMeme, a popular account that shares lighthearted, wholesome humorous content. The meme is created by adding relatable, funny text dialogue to an existing, widely circulated photograph of a border collie and a kitten in a home, and has been reposted across many social media platforms including Instagram, Reddit, and Facebook as a popular relatable pet joke.

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