Does tape taste good or do I just like sticky? Study and report
— Jorts (and Jean) (@JortsTheCat) December 26, 2021
The person behind the @JortstheCat twitter account absolutely deserves some ‘Best of 2021’ awards…
Report 2: Standard methods (meowing) did not get the tape back. Without reliable access to tape this is going to be a hard science question to answer
— Jorts (and Jean) (@JortsTheCat) December 26, 2021
Report 4: Tape box access removed due to “making an annoying sound” but I’m pretty sure tape tastes good and the sticky is a bonus.
— Jorts (and Jean) (@JortsTheCat) December 26, 2021
And we needed that lol! But also:
I learned from a coworker whose husband is paralyzed that Jorts has now transcended Twitter and “buttering the cat” is now the term for ablest “help.” As in “are you coming up with real solutions or are you just buttering the cat.” I hope you’re proud of yourself, Twitterverse.
— BLACKLIVESMATTER FIGHT ABOUT IT (@heulangel) December 28, 2021
It’s from this (remarkable) essay, for those who may have missed it https://t.co/BQ17Zc0Czv
— Jorts (and Jean) (@JortsTheCat) December 29, 2021
Ken
Naw, they just gamed the system by releasing their entry late in the year, so it was the only thing people remembered. Same as the studios do every year with their Oscar bait.
Lapassionara
Jorts is great. I am so glad someone doesn’t need to be a “cool kid.”
Baud
And here I was using “buttering the cat” in a completely different context.
Old School
Somehow I doubt they will be able to keep the definition of “buttering the cat” to be limited only to “ableist” help, but I wish them luck.
narya
I have gotten so much JOY from this account. The original piece made me weep with laughter, and I have been loving all of the subsequent bits; I thought the disability piece was brilliant. So much love and acceptance.
debbie
I just read a recap of the Jorts saga and am now in love with Jorts. I think every office has its Pam. Pity.
mrmoshpotato
@debbie: I just read some of the recap, and if Pam is a real person, she’s an idiot. And she can report me to HR for thinking she’s an idiot.
guachi
I read the original Pam/Jeans/Jorts thing but not to can’t remember where I did. Was it on Reddit?
mrmoshpotato
OT – when do the wheels of cheese start tackling players in the Cheez-It Bowl?
Suzanne
@narya: Same. The whole thing made me laugh until my stomach hurt.
Omnes Omnibus
IDK. Hasn’t this whole Jorts thing become cringe?
Suzanne
@Omnes Omnibus: LOL.
mali muso
@Omnes Omnibus: lolz. Well played.
WereBear
Jorts IS a Red Spectrum catRed Spectrum cat. They are the Simon the Likeable of kitties.
Goku (aka Amerikan Baka)
@Omnes Omnibus:
Heh
Princess Leia
twitter.com/JortsTheCat/status/1473809110143361024?s=20
This thread!
geg6
@debbie:
Would totally be our administrative assistant.
I love Jorts and Jean equally.
Xantar
@guachi: the Jorts/Jean/Pam saga originated on the AITA subreddit. So there’s a pretty good chance you encountered it there or you were linked to the Reddit thread somewhere.
laura
@WereBear: My paternal grandparents had a Simon back in the 60’s that I called Simon the Likeable because you know why?. Jorts is absolutely of that line of gentle, well meaning souls.
Gin & Tonic
I most be the only person in the Western world who finds no discernible humor in this saga. Just an unfunny story and a bunch of people trying way too hard to get a free ride off the humor they see in it.
NotMax
@Gin & Tonic
No, you’re not. I’ve stridently avoided it because … cats. Am aware of only vague points of reference to it (and that’s more than quite enough) gleaned by what’s been dropped here.
Presume we’ll know it’s passed its sell-by date when “skullbuttering a kitten” shows up as a rotating tag.
;)
Jim, Foolish Literalist
@Gin & Tonic: I thought it was just one of the increasing number of things about which I am out of step with the majority of regulars here. I started to read the original story and just got bored
bjacques
Probably dead thread, but Jorts and Jean are using their powers for good:
themarysue.com/jorts-and-jean-the-cat-pro-union-twitter-account/?fbclid=IwAR25JRLthyIGpsQz-R0cElapIa…
Miss Bianca
Am I the only person in the mapped universe who had no idea who this “Jorts” character was? Although suddenly I saw his name everywhere. (thanks, AL, for the primer)
planetjanet
“Buttering the cat” is now in the Urban Dictionary.
https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Buttering%20the%20cat