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Orange Cat Appears In Student Yearbook Portrait Grid

The image displays a standard school yearbook grid of student headshot portraits. One of the portrait slots unexpectedly features an orange tabby cat with a neutral, blank expression, circled in thick hand-drawn red marker to draw attention to it. Above the grid, overlaid text reads 'who is this' followed by three peace sign hand emojis and three crying-laughing face emojis. The joke stems from the absurd, unexpected inclusion of a cat among human student portraits as if it is an enrolled student at the school.
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The image displays a standard school yearbook grid of student headshot portraits. One of the portrait slots unexpectedly features an orange tabby cat with a neutral, blank expression, circled in thick hand-drawn red marker to draw attention to it. Above the grid, overlaid text reads 'who is this' followed by three peace sign hand emojis and three crying-laughing face emojis. The joke stems from the absurd, unexpected inclusion of a cat among human student portraits as if it is an enrolled student at the school.

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This viral edited meme was sourced from an RSS feed of the X (formerly Twitter) account @meme.jpg, which shares popular user-created humorous content. The edit is a classic silly absurd meme that circulated widely on social media platforms including X, Reddit, and Instagram in casual humor communities.

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