Meme lore
What is the Crying Cat Thumbs Up meme?
This reaction image shows a visibly distressed, tearful cat giving an awkward thumbs-up. It is used to express forced positivity, reluctant agreement, or claiming that everything is fine when it clearly is not.
Origin & history
The template appears to be a cropped or edited photograph of a cat with digitally emphasized tears and a raised paw resembling a thumbs-up. The exact source image and date of popularization are uncertain, so attribution and specific spread timelines should not be assumed.
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