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June 20, 2016 5:58 PM

#CatsAgainstBrexit. But there's another side to the story. Some are on the fence about it…

Of course, others demand to be heard…

posted by Pinback (11 comments total)

"Honestly I think cats would vote out, but then immediately miaow loudly to get back in again."

Winner.
posted by Kat Allison at 6:23 PM on June 20, 2016 [35 favorites]

Based on the fact that the 'Stay' cats have better jokes, I'm going to go with that as the correct opinion to hold.
posted by BuddhaInABucket at 6:28 PM on June 20, 2016 [5 favorites]

We should probably just let cats settle all of our big political questions.
posted by The Underpants Monster at 6:58 PM on June 20, 2016 [2 favorites]

As an American who lives in the UK and will be affected by this vote, this whole referendum is absolutely terrifying and mind boggling. I also currently don't own a cat and can't vote. #catsagainstbrexit is my new hope and obsession to see me to Thursday and beyond. I can't even begin to explain how much this silly meme improves my mental state.
posted by iamkimiam at 11:52 PM on June 20, 2016 [7 favorites]

Just to take this into utterly surreal territory the BBC runs a story on it featuring MeFi's very own cstross - and more specifically, his cat Menhit, aka @antipope_cats, who gets lead picture!

(Small Internet Syndrome strikes again: not only have I known cstross for twenty years, but Lilian Edwards, who originated the meme, is another long-standing friend whose flat I once rented. If her name seems familiar, she's a noted professor of IT law who once got permission from Randall Munroe to use the xkcd Map of the Internet as a book cover.)
posted by Major Clanger at 12:50 AM on June 21, 2016 [6 favorites]

I hope it doesn't offend against the policy on self-linking to refer to our Mira's stance on all this.
posted by Major Clanger at 12:56 AM on June 21, 2016 [3 favorites]

Much to my chagrin, I have to be in *London* of all places on referendum day.

It's going to be intolerable. (Especially as I voted a couple of weeks ago.)
posted by cstross at 4:22 AM on June 21, 2016 [1 favorite]

I sometimes wonder if the anti-feline mefi contingent constantly rolls its eyes at all of the cat posts on here. But then I quickly realize I don't care because what are they, SATAN? I MEAN, SERIOUSLY, NO LIKEY SWEET WITTLE KITTY CATS? WHAA?

Thanks for the post!
posted by bologna on wry at 6:10 AM on June 21, 2016 [2 favorites]

.... what anti-feline contingent?
posted by BuddhaInABucket at 7:41 AM on June 21, 2016 [2 favorites]

I don't know about whether cats would indeed be anti-Brexit. Cats might see all of the migrants who would move from Calais to Dover after the French let them through in the wake of Brexit as a potential food source
posted by Blasdelb at 7:59 AM on June 21, 2016

I hope it doesn't offend against the policy on self-linking to refer to our Mira's stance on all this.

Just going to note, because there is always some confusion on this point, that relevant self-links are not a problem in comments. Self linking just for the sake of doing so is not allowed, but it's ok to use a self-link as a good faith contribution to discussion.
posted by howfar at 10:03 AM on June 21, 2016