Early meme pioneer Longcat, real name Nobiko (“stretchy”?), has passed at the ripe old age of eighteen.
訃報
飼い主のみーこさんより、のび子さんが先ほど虹の橋を渡ったそうです。ご冥福をお祈りします。2005年頃から猫画像の加工がブームとなるなかで、のびーるたんの愛称で親しまれ圧倒的な存在でした。
地球に生まれて長生きしてくれてありがとう、のびーるたん?
※以下拾い物画像より pic.twitter.com/c7aOlgSLyi
— えあろうっちー (@aerosubaru) September 20, 2020
A lot’s changed on the Internet since 2005, when that picture went viral… but some things, such as the supremacy of felis catus, have not.
Here’s a thread by Longcat’s owner with dozens of adorable pictures from over the years. Machine translation suggests that they are distraught–feel free to leave them a nice note.
私は弱い人間です。
向き合うといったのに、向き合えないです。
承認欲求の塊です。
のび子さん、いえ、シロちゃんを見てやってください。
彼女は私にとって、とーちゃんにとって、息子にとって、かけがえのない猫です。#のび子さん pic.twitter.com/hqhVmUsPfp— 無冠の女王みーこ@高知 (@miyabi_2222) September 20, 2020
Open thread.
Yutsano
Aww. 2020 can officially stop now.
David ? ☘The Establishment☘? Koch
RIP mouser
Major Major Major Major
SectionH
He was a good cat. And he was long. Just fuck this endless shit.
HumboldtBlue
huh
SectionH
@SectionH: Oh, edit time ran out. We just got back from a wonderful evening with “our kids” – meaning son, DiL, and granddaughter – for his birthday. My son and I both loved Cheeseburger back in the day,
18’s a decent age for a cat, but I will follow up on condolences to his people as much as I can.
Major Major Major Major
@SectionH: I just got back from a week with my family, first time seeing them since the pandemic started. Was very nice.
HumboldtBlue
Here’s some funky Sesame Street
Eljai
@Major Major Major Major: So glad you had a nice time!
Did you fly or drive? Not that it’s any of my business. I’m just curious how people are going about travel during covid.
Also, long live longcat!
Major Major Major Major
@Eljai: flew, it was stressful
Eljai
@Major Major Major Major: No doubt!
bjacques
Long at will be remembered with HONOR. I hope Tacgnol is still hanging in there.
SectionH
@Major Major Major Major: Are they still CO – wasn’t that your home base. Ish?
becca
my Satchmo went to rest on Saturday morning. He was nearing 19 years. I am sad and bereft and the world sucks all the more without him. He was such a tiny cat most thought he was just a kitten. Light as air with bird bones. He didn’t like people much, but he did tolerate me. I felt honored in that. Maybe he’ll find RBG in the ether. Tiny giants, they were.
Barney
Even longer has gone by since Terry Gilliam animated the Monster Cat for Monty Python:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hdhyrPq3Jxc
scribbler
@becca: So very sorry for your loss.
sherparick
A very good cat. Long may his memory live. Also, sometimes the older the animal is, the hardest the loss hits, as it does when you lose any long time friend.
Elizabelle
@becca: My condolences, Becca. I like your idea of Satchmo and RBG in the ether.
TomatoQueen
Poor old Luca greets Satchmo on the Bridge. RIP.